Test 2 · Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger

Lily's big brother says, "you're nine, too old to be scared of getting lost, lol." What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big brother, you · What happens: say, be, get, lose · To what, where: nine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 6 «Bitten, lost, hurt: when fear stays after the danger» 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: Lily's big brother says, "you're nine, too old to be scared of getting lost, lol."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brother	amod
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 nine	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 nine	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 nine	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 nine	cop
10	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 old	punct
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 old	advmod
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
14	to	to	PART	_	16 scared	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 scared	cop
16	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 old	xcomp
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	18 getting	mark
18	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 scared	advcl
19	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 getting	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lol	punct
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 old	discourse
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily's big brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	you	nine		tree rules
3	is in a quote	to-infinitive	Lily's big brother not said here		scared property	tree rules
4	get in a quote	gerund	Lily's big brother not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	lose in a quote	participle	Lily's big brother not said here			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

He's right; nine-year-olds never feel scared about things like that

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 feel	punct
5	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 year	nummod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 nine	punct
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 olds	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 year	punct
9	olds	old	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 feel	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 feel	advmod
11	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 feel	xcomp
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 things	case
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 feel	obl
15	like	like	ADP	_	16 that	case
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 things	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not feel	present	year olds					about things like that; scared property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Being scared means she'll get lost again soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scared	cop
2	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 means	ccomp
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 lost	advmod
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund				scared property	tree rules
2	mean	present	scared				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lose	future · passive		she	again	soon property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Getting lost is scary at any age; a plan helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 scary	csubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Getting	xcomp
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scary	cop
4	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 helps	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 age	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 age	det
7	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scary	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 helps	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plan	det
10	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 helps	nsubj
11	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Getting	at any age	scary property	tree rules
4	help	present	a plan			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only babies are scared when they get lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 scared	advmod
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scared	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
7	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 scared	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	babies					scared property	tree rules
2	lose	present · passive		babies = baby					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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