Test 4 · Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps

A Gen Alpha boy says, «the killer clown is coming to our school, it's on TikTok, no cap.» Best response?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gen boy, killer clown, clown · What happens: say, come, be · To what, where: school, TikTok · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 71 «Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps» 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: A Gen Alpha boy says, «the killer clown is coming to our school, it's on TikTok, no cap.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 boy	det
2	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 boy	compound
3	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Gen	flat
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 coming	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 coming	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clown	det
9	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 clown	compound
10	clown	clown	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coming	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 coming	aux
12	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 school	case
14	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 school	nmod:poss
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 coming	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 TikTok	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 TikTok	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 TikTok	cop
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 TikTok	case
20	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 cap	punct
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 cap	det
23	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 TikTok	appos
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Gen boy		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present · progressive	the killer clown	our school	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
3	is in a quote	present	clown	TikTok	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: Best response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 response	amod
2	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 response	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Share it so everyone is ready

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 ready	mark
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 ready	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ready	cop
6	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Share	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	is	present	everyone					ready property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Scary online stories are often made up; tell a grown-up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stories	amod
2	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stories	amod
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
5	often	often	ADV	_	6 made	advmod
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 up	det
11	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 up	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 up	punct
13	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		Scary online stories				often property	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		a grown up					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient

Option 3

Stay home from school for a week until the police have caught it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 caught	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 police	det
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 caught	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 caught	aux
12	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Stay	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			school	week	home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	catch	present · perfect · passive		the police					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary it=Theme

Option 4

Believe it because lots of people saw it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 saw	mark
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 saw	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	nmod
7	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Believe	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	see	past	lots of people	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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