Test 9 · ★★ · Accidents, wars and deaths on the news

At the gate, kids say, «He was messing on the tracks, everyone knows.» What is the wise move?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, He, everyone, wise move · What happens: say, mess, know, be · To what, where: gate, tracks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Accidents, wars and deaths on the news» 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: At the gate, kids say, «He was messing on the tracks, everyone knows.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 gate	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gate	det
3	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 gate	punct
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 messing	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 messing	punct
9	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 messing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 messing	aux
11	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 say	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 tracks	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tracks	det
14	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 messing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 knows	punct
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 knows	nsubj
17	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 say	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 knows	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids	the gate	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mess in a quote	past · progressive	He	the tracks	tree rules
3	know in a quote	present	everyone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 wise move?

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 move	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 move	amod
5	move	move	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 wise move						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Post it online with his name, so that other people learn from what he did wrong

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	online	online	ADV	_	1 Post	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 name	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Post	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learn	punct
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 learn	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 learn	nsubj
12	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Post	parataxis
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 what	case
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 learn	obl
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 did	nsubj
16	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 what	acl:relcl
17	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 did	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it	with his name; online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	learn	present	other people			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from what=Source
3	do	past	he		wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Go down to the tracks after school to check it for yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 tracks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tracks	det
5	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Go	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 check	mark
9	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 check	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 yourself	case
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	imperative	you not said here				after school	to the tracks; down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	check	to-infinitive	you not said here	school				for yourself	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for yourself=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread it; rumours are often wrong, and remember tracks are dangerous

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 dangerous	csubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 wrong	punct
6	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wrong	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 wrong	cop
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 wrong	advmod
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spread	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 remember	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 remember	cc
12	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wrong	conj
13	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 remember	obj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dangerous	cop
15	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	infinitive · do-support		it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	rumours		often, wrong property	tree rules
3	remember	infinitive	rumours not said here	tracks		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent track=Theme
4	is	present			dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, because everyone at the gate already knows anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 knows	mark
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knows	nsubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 everyone	nmod
10	already	already	ADV	_	11 knows	advmod
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
12	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	present	everyone					anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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