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Test 11 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away

A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?" What's true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: ask, ring, not be, be · To what, where: helpline, Britain · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 29 «Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away» of the reflection 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: A girl from Sydney asks, "Can I ring a helpline if I'm not in Britain?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asks	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ring	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 ring	punct
8	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ring	aux
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 ring	nsubj
10	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asks	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 helpline	det
12	helpline	helpline	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ring	obj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 Britain	mark
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 Britain	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 Britain	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 Britain	advmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 Britain	case
18	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 ring	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 ring	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 ring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a girl from Sydney						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ring in a quote	can	a girl from Sydney = girl	a helpline					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location helpline=Theme
3	not is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	a girl from Sydney = girl			Britain			tree rules

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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only British children are allowed helplines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 children	advmod
2	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 children	amod
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	helplines	helpline	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		British children					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal helpline=Theme

Option 2

Helplines only work if you live in English or British cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helplines	helpline	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 work	advmod
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 live	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 work	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 English	case
8	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 cities	cc
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cities	amod
11	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 English	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Helplines						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	live a condition, not said to happen	present	you			English or British cities			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in english=Location

Option 3

Children can only call with a parent there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 call	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 call	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 call	advmod
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 parent	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	obl
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	can	Children			there		with a parent	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many countries have free helplines for children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 countries	amod
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 helplines	amod
5	helplines	helpline	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Many countries	free helplines				for children	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent helpline=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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