Test 1 · ★★ · Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet

In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!" What would a careful person do first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, careful person · What happens: not be, be, look, do · To what, where: Sheffield, storm, shark

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Checking practice: true, false and not sure yet» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: In Sheffield: "Don't be nesh, it's only a storm — but look, a shark on the motorway!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Sheffield	case
2	Sheffield	Sheffield	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 nesh	obl
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 nesh	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 nesh	punct
5	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 nesh	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 nesh	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 nesh	cop
8	nesh	nesh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 storm	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 storm	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 storm	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 storm	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 storm	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 storm	det
14	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	17 look	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 look	cc
17	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 storm	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 shark	punct
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 shark	det
20	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 look	obl
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 motorway	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 motorway	det
23	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 shark	nmod
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	17 look	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	infinitive · do-support			Sheffield	nesh property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	it	a storm			tree rules
3	look in a quote	infinitive		a shark on the motorway			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What would a careful person do first?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 do	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would	a careful person					first property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Check it, since that shark photo is a known old fake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Check	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fake	punct
4	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 fake	mark
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 photo	det
6	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 photo	compound
7	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fake	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fake	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fake	det
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 fake	amod
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fake	amod
12	fake	fake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	it	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	that shark photo	a known old fake	tree rules

Option 2

Go out to see the shark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shark	det
6	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	imperative	you not said here					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here	the shark					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shark=Stimulus

Option 3

Call the zoo to report a missing shark, in case one has escaped in the flood water

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 zoo	det
3	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Call	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 report	mark
5	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Call	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 shark	det
7	missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shark	amod
8	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 report	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 escaped	punct
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 one	case
11	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	compound
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 escaped	obl
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 escaped	aux
14	escaped	escape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Call	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
17	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 water	compound
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 escaped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	call	imperative	you not said here	the zoo			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zoo=Recipient
2	report	to-infinitive	you not said here	a missing shark			vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Patient
3	escape	present · perfect	you not said here		the flood water	in case one	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Share it to warn the whole city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Share	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 city	amod
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive	you not said here	the whole city					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent city=Recipient

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