Test 3 · Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go…
A kid says, "if it's on someone's phone, there's nothing anyone can do." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, nothing, anyone · What happens: say, be, do · To what, where: phone · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 9 «Humiliated in front of everyone: the moment that won't go away» 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 kid says, "if it's on someone's phone, there's nothing anyone can do."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 phone | punct |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 12 phone | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 phone | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 phone | cop |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 phone | case |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 phone | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 someone | case |
| 12 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 's | punct |
| 14 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 15 's | expl |
| 15 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 phone | parataxis |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 's | nsubj |
| 17 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 19 do | nsubj |
| 18 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 do | aux |
| 19 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 nothing | acl:relcl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 phone | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 phone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | kid | someone's phone | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | present | nothing | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | can | anyone | vn act-114-1 «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
Telling a grown-up makes the video spread more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 makes | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 up | det |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 up | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Telling | obj |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 video | det |
| 8 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spread | nsubj |
| 9 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 makes | ccomp |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 makes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient | |||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | make | present | Telling | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | spread | past | the video | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Once a video is filmed it can never be removed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Once | once | SCONJ | _ | 5 filmed | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 video | det |
| 3 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 filmed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 filmed | aux:pass |
| 5 | filmed | film | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 removed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 removed | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 removed | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 removed | aux:pass |
| 10 | removed | remove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 filmed | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | present · passive | a video | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not remove | can · passive | video | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Only the police can do anything, never teachers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 police | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 police | det |
| 3 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 do | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 teachers | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 teachers | advmod |
| 9 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | the police | anything | teachers obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups can often get a video taken down if you tell them fast
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 video | det |
| 8 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 video | acl |
| 10 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 taken | compound:prt |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 tell | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 tell | nsubj |
| 13 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | advcl |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 tell | iobj |
| 15 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | get | can | Grown ups | a video | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer video=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | take down | participle | a video not said here | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | you | ups = up | fast property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
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