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Test 10 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

Lily thinks, "I froze. I'm useless in an emergency." What's a fairer thought?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lily, I · What happens: think, freeze, be · To what, where: emergency, fairer thought · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Lily thinks, "I froze.

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjccomppunctrootLilyPROPNthinksVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIPRONfrozeVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LilyLilyPROPNNumber=Sing2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_6 frozepunct
4""PUNCT_6 frozepunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 frozensubj
6frozefreezeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 thinksccomp
7..PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentLilyvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2freeze in a quotepastLilyvn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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: I'm useless in an emergency."

nsubjcopcasedetoblpunctpunctrootIPRON'mAUXuselessADJinADPanDETemergencyNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 uselessnsubj
2'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 uselesscop
3uselessuselessADJDegree=Posrootroot
4ininADP_6 emergencycase
5anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 emergencydet
6emergencyemergencyNOUNNumber=Sing3 uselessobl
7..PUNCT_3 uselesspunct
8""PUNCT_3 uselesspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentIa emergencyuseless propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What's a fairer thought?

nsubjcopdetamodpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXaDETfairerADJthoughtNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 thoughtnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 thoughtcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 thoughtdet
4fairerfairADJDegree=Cmp5 thoughtamod
5thoughtthoughtNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 thoughtpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta fairer thoughttree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Many people freeze; learning first aid will help me

amodnsubjpunctcsubjamodobjauxconjobjrootManyADJpeopleNOUNfreezeVERB;PUNCTlearningVERBfirstADJaidNOUNwillAUXhelpVERBmePRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ManymanyADJDegree=Pos2 peopleamod
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur3 freezensubj
3freezefreezeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4;;PUNCT_9 helppunct
5learninglearnVERBVerbForm=Ger9 helpcsubj
6firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord7 aidamod
7aidaidNOUNNumber=Sing5 learningobj
8willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin9 helpaux
9helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf3 freezeconj
10meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 helpobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1freezepresentMany peoplevn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2learngerundfirst aidvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Topic
3helpfuturelearningmevn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary

Option 2

I should have picked my friend up and carried her home myself

nsubj:passauxauxnmod:possobjcompound:prtccconjnmod:possobjobl:unmarkedrootIPRONshouldAUXhaveAUXpickedVERBmyPRONfriendNOUNupADPandCCONJcarriedVERBherPRONhomeNOUNmyselfPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 pickednsubj:pass
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 pickedaux
3havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf4 pickedaux
4pickedpickVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 friendnmod:poss
6friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing4 pickedobj
7upupADP_4 pickedcompound:prt
8andandCCONJ_9 carriedcc
9carriedcarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 pickedconj
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 homenmod:poss
11homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing9 carriedobj
12myselfmyselfPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes9 carriedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pick upshould · perfect · passiveItree rules
2carrypastfriend's homemyself obl:unmarkedvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 3

Freezing proves I'll never be able to help anyone ever

nsubjnsubjauxadvmodcopccompmarkxcompobjadvmodrootFreezingNOUNprovesVERBIPRON'llAUXneverADVbeAUXableADJtoPARThelpVERBanyonePRONeverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FreezingfreezingNOUNNumber=Sing2 provesnsubj
2provesproveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 ablensubj
4'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin7 ableaux
5neverneverADVPronType=Neg7 ableadvmod
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 ablecop
7ableableADJDegree=Pos2 provesccomp
8totoPART_9 helpmark
9helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf7 ablexcomp
10anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind9 helpobj
11evereverADVPronType=Ind9 helpadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1provepresentFreezingvn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2not isfutureIable propertytree rules
3helpto-infinitiveI not said hereanyoneevervn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary

Option 4

Only grown-ups are allowed to help out in any kind of emergency

advmodamodpunctnsubj:passaux:passmarkxcompcompound:prtcasedetoblcasenmodrootOnlyADVgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNareAUXallowedVERBtoPARThelpVERBoutADPinADPanyDETkindNOUNofADPemergencyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_4 upsadvmod
2growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 upsamod
3--PUNCT_2 grownpunct
4upsupNOUNNumber=Plur6 allowednsubj:pass
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 allowedaux:pass
6allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7totoPART_8 helpmark
8helphelpVERBVerbForm=Inf6 allowedxcomp
9outoutADP_8 helpcompound:prt
10ininADP_12 kindcase
11anyanyDETPronType=Ind12 kinddet
12kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing8 helpobl
13ofofADP_14 emergencycase
14emergencyemergencyNOUNNumber=Sing12 kindnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2allowpresent · passivegrown upsvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3help out not said to happento-infinitivegrown ups not said hereany kind of emergencyvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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