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Test 1 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

A Year 6 says, "lockdown drill means a bad man's definitely coming, that's why." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Year, lockdown drill, bad man, that, truth · What happens: say, mean, come, be · To what, where: bad man · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» 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 Year 6 says, "lockdown drill means a bad man's definitely coming, that's why."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Year	det
2	Year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Year	flat
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 drill	punct
7	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drill	compound
8	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 man	det
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 man	amod
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obj
13	's	's	PART	_	12 man	case
14	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	15 coming	advmod
15	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 man	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 why	punct
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 why	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 why	cop
19	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 means	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Year						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present	lockdown drill	a bad man					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Topic
3	come in a quote	gerund	a bad man not said here					definitely property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	present	that					why property	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 the truth?

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

Drills mean the school is unsafe every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mean	nsubj
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 school	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 unsafe	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unsafe	cop
6	unsafe	unsafe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mean	ccomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mean	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Drills				day		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the school					unsafe property	tree rules

Option 2

He's right, and Noah should stay home from school

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	_	8 stay	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stay	cc
6	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stay	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stay	aux
8	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 stay	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	stay	should	Noah			school		home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He's right; schools only practise when they already know about a danger

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	_	7 practise	punct
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 practise	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 practise	advmod
7	practise	practise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 know	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 know	nsubj
10	already	already	ADV	_	11 know	advmod
11	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 practise	advcl
12	about	about	ADP	_	14 danger	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 danger	det
14	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	practise	present	schools						tree rules
3	know	present	schools = school					about a danger	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about danger=Stimulus

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

Drills are practice; real emergencies are very rare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 practice	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practice	cop
3	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 rare	punct
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 emergencies	amod
6	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rare	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rare	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 rare	advmod
9	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 practice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Drills	practice					tree rules
2	is	present	real emergencies					rare property	tree rules

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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