Test 6 · ★ · Getting help: when sadness or worry won't go away Grace's mate says, "Helplines are just robots reading scripts, deffo." ("Deffo" means definitely.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Helplines, robots, Deffo, truth · What happens: say, be, read, mean · To what, where: robots, scripts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Grace's mate says, "Helplines are just robots reading scripts, deffo."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj cop advmod ccomp acl obj punct conj punct punct root Grace PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Helplines NOUN are AUX just ADV robots NOUN reading VERB scripts NOUN , PUNCT deffo NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Grace case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 robots punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 robots punct 7 Helplines helpline NOUN Number=Plur 10 robots nsubj 8 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 robots cop 9 just just ADV _ 10 robots advmod 10 robots robot NOUN Number=Plur 4 says ccomp 11 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 robots acl 12 scripts script NOUN Number=Plur 11 reading obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 deffo punct 14 deffo deffo NOUN Number=Sing 10 robots conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 10 robots punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 10 robots punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Grace's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Helplines robots and deffo tree rules 3 read in a quote gerund robots and deffo not said here scripts vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent script=Topic
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: ("Deffo" means definitely.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Deffo PROPN " PUNCT means VERB definitely ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Deffo punct 3 Deffo Deffo PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Deffo punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 definitely definitely ADV _ 5 means advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Deffo definitely property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Helplines have real, trained people who listen
nsubj amod punct amod obj nsubj acl:relcl root Helplines NOUN have VERB real ADJ , PUNCT trained VERB people NOUN who PRON listen VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helplines helpline NOUN Number=Plur 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 people amod 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 real punct 5 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 people amod 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 listen nsubj 8 listen listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 people acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Helplines real trained people vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient 2 train participle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 listen present real trained people vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Helplines are only answering machines
nsubj aux advmod obj root Helplines NOUN are AUX only ADV answering VERB machines NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helplines helpline NOUN Number=Plur 4 answering nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 answering aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 answering advmod 4 answering answer VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 machines machine NOUN Number=Plur 4 answering obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 answer speech: assert present · progressive Helplines machines vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent machine=Eventuality
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Helplines tell your parents straight away
nsubj nmod:poss iobj advmod advmod root Helplines NOUN tell VERB your PRON parents NOUN straight ADV away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helplines helpline NOUN Number=Plur 2 tell nsubj 2 tell tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 parents nmod:poss 4 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 2 tell iobj 5 straight straight ADV _ 6 away advmod 6 away away ADV _ 2 tell advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present Helplines your parents away property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
Option 4 Helplines are only for adults with big problems, not for children
nsubj cop advmod case case amod nmod punct advmod case conj root Helplines NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP adults NOUN with ADP big ADJ problems NOUN , PUNCT not PART for ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Helplines helpline NOUN Number=Plur 5 adults nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 adults cop 3 only only ADV _ 5 adults advmod 4 for for ADP _ 5 adults case 5 adults adult NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 with with ADP _ 8 problems case 7 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 problems amod 8 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 5 adults nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 children punct 10 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 children advmod 11 for for ADP _ 12 children case 12 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 adults conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Helplines for adults and children; with big problems tree rules
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