Test 3 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…
Oscar's American cousin says, "if it happens again just call 999, dude." Oscar lives in Ohio. What number should he call?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: American cousin, it, Oscar, number · What happens: say, happen, call, live · To what, where: 999, Ohio · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» 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: Oscar's American cousin says, "if it happens again just call 999, dude."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Oscar | case |
| 3 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cousin | amod |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 call | punct |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 happens | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 happens | nsubj |
| 10 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 call | advcl |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 happens | advmod |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 call | advmod |
| 13 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 14 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 call | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 dude | punct |
| 16 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 call | vocative |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 call | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Oscar's American cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | it | again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | call in a quote | infinitive | 999 | dude vocative | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient |
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: Oscar lives in Ohio.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | nsubj |
| 2 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ohio | case |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lives | obl |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Oscar | Ohio | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ohio=Location |
Sentence 3: What number should he call?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 call | obj |
| 2 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 call | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 call | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 call | nsubj |
| 5 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | should | number | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
999, because it works the same everywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 999 | 999 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 works | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 works | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 works | nsubj |
| 5 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 999 | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 works | obj |
| 8 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 works | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | it | the same | everywhere property | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent same=Material |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
000, because that's the number for all kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 000 | 000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 number | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 number | mark |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 number | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 number | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 number | det |
| 7 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 000 | appos |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 kids | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 kids | det |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 number | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the number | for all kids | tree rules |
Option 3
112, because Ohio uses the European number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112 | 112 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 uses | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 uses | mark |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 uses | nsubj |
| 5 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 112 | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 7 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 number | amod |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 uses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Ohio | the European number | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
911, the emergency number in the US
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 911 | 911 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 number | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 number | det |
| 4 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 number | compound |
| 5 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 911 | appos |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 US | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 US | det |
| 8 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 number | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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