Test 2 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

«at the scanner my cousin said there's a bomb in his bag as a joke» What will happen and why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bomb · What happens: say, be, happen · To what, where: scanner, bag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» of the technology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 scanner	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scanner	det
4	scanner	scanner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	obl
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 cousin	nmod:poss
6	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scanner	nmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 's	expl
9	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 happen	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bomb	det
11	bomb	bomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 's	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 bag	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bag	nmod:poss
14	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 's	obl
15	as	as	ADP	_	17 joke	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 joke	det
17	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 happen	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 joke	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 happen	nsubj
20	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 happen	aux
21	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 why	cc
23	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	21 happen	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past		the scanner my cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	present	a bomb	his bag; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bag=Location
3	happen	future			as a joke	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He gets through faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADV	_	2 gets	advmod
4	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get through	present	He					fast, through property	vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nothing, everyone knows it's a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 knows	obj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joke	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joke	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	everyone	Nothing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
2	is a	present	it	a joke					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Staff must treat it as real, so it causes big trouble and delays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treat	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 treat	aux
3	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treat	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 real	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 treat	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 causes	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 causes	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 causes	nsubj
10	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 treat	parataxis
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 trouble	amod
12	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 causes	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 delays	cc
14	delays	delay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 causes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	treat	must	Staff	it	as real	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as real=Attribute
2	cause	present	Staff	big trouble		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition trouble=Patient
3	delay	present	Staff not said here			vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The X-ray machine checks his voice and ignores it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 machine	det
2	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ray	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 X	punct
4	ray	ray	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 machine	compound
5	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 checks	nsubj
6	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 voice	nmod:poss
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 checks	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ignores	cc
10	ignores	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 checks	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ignores	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present	the ray machine	machine's voice					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
2	ignore	present	the ray machine not said here	voice					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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