Test 9 · ★★ · Finders keepers and what belongs to whom

Your friend's "new" bike still has someone else's name scratched on it, and he goes quiet when you ask. What is the best choice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new bike, friend, you, someone, best choice · What happens: have, scratch, go, ask, name, be · To what, where: name, bike

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 42 «Finders keepers and what belongs to whom» of the religion ethics 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: Your friend's "new" bike still has someone else's name scratched on it, and he goes quiet when you ask.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bike	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 friend	case
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 new	punct
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bike	amod
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 new	punct
7	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 has	advmod
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 name	nmod:poss
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 someone	advmod
12	's	's	PART	_	10 someone	case
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
14	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 name	acl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 scratched	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 goes	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 goes	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 goes	nsubj
20	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 has	conj
21	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 goes	xcomp
22	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 ask	advmod
23	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 ask	nsubj
24	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 goes	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Your friend's new bike	someone's name		still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	scratch	participle		someone's name not said here	bike			vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Location
3	go	present	friend				quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	present	you					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	name		someone					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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 is the best choice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 choice	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 choice	amod
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best choice						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Say nothing and ask for a ride, because it's a cool bike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 ride	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ride	det
7	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 bike	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 bike	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bike	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bike	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bike	det
13	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 bike	amod
14	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		for a ride	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	ride	a cool bike		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Talk to him, and tell a trusted adult if still worried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Talk	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Talk	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
8	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 adult	amod
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 worried	mark
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 worried	advmod
12	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Shout "thief" at him in front of the whole class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 thief	punct
3	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 thief	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 class	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 class	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 class	amod
12	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	thief		front of the whole class		at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thief=Topic

Option 4

Scratch your own name on it too, so it is shared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scratch	scratch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 name	amod
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scratch	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Scratch	obl
7	too	too	ADV	_	1 Scratch	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shared	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 shared	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shared	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 shared	aux:pass
12	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Scratch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	scratch	imperative	you not said here	your own name	name	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on it=Destination
2	share	present · passive		name		tree rules
3	name		your			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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