Test 2 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs

Chloe's friend says, "if a man offers a lift and he seems nice, it's fine, innit?" What's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, man · What happens: say, offer, seem, be, innit · To what, where: lift · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Chloe's friend says, "if a man offers a lift and he seems nice, it's fine, innit?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Chloe	case
3	friend	friend	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 offers	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 offers	punct
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 offers	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offers	nsubj
10	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 lift	det
12	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offers	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seems	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 seems	nsubj
15	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
16	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 seems	xcomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fine	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fine	expl
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fine	cop
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 innit	punct
22	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	20 fine	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 fine	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Chloe's friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	offer a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	a man	a lift		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lift=Theme
3	seem in a quote	present	man		nice property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4	is in a quote	present			fine property	tree rules
5	innit in a quote	infinitive				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 right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	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	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes; people who look nice and friendly are always safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 safe	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 safe	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 people	acl:relcl
6	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 look	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 friendly	cc
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nice	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 safe	advmod
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	people					nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	people					always, safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, as long as it is raining hard and you're really tired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 raining	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 raining	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 raining	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 raining	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 raining	aux
8	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 raining	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tired	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 tired	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 tired	cop
13	really	really	ADV	_	14 tired	advmod
14	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 raining	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	present · progressive	it					hard, long property	vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»
2	is	present	you					tired property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No; never get in a stranger's car, even a nice one's

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 get	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 car	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 car	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 stranger	case
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 one	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	14 one	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	advcl
15	's	's	PART	_	14 one	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	imperative	you not said here			a stranger's car			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, if he already knows your name and which school you go to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	13 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 knows	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 knows	nsubj
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 knows	advmod
6	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 go	advcl
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 name	nmod:poss
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knows	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 school	cc
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 school	det
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 name	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 go	nsubj
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your name and which school	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	go	present	you		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	name		your		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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