Test 2 · ★ · Phones and how a call travels

«my mate says 5G is dangerous rays that make you ill» What is the best correction?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, 5G, dangerous rays, best correction · What happens: say, be, make · To what, where: dangerous rays, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 35 «Phones and how a call travels» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	5G	5g	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rays	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rays	cop
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rays	amod
8	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 make	nsubj
10	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rays	acl:relcl
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 make	obj
12	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 make	xcomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 rays	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 says	ccomp
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 What	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 correction	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 correction	amod
18	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 What	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	5G	dangerous rays		tree rules
3	make in a quote	present	dangerous rays	you	ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product
4	is a	present	the best correction			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.

The options

Option 1

Right, but only on Mondays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 Mondays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Mondays	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Mondays	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Mondays	case
6	Mondays	Monday	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

Right, 5G masts are poisonous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	6 poisonous	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	5G	5g	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 masts	compound
4	masts	mast	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poisonous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 poisonous	cop
6	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	5G masts					poisonous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

5G uses X-rays to send messages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	5G	5G	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rays	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 X	punct
5	rays	ray	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 send	mark
7	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 uses	advcl
8	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	5G	X rays					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ray=Patient
2	send	to-infinitive	5G not said here	messages					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

At the levels used it is safe, with radio waves like Wi-Fi and TV

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 levels	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 levels	det
3	levels	level	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	obl
4	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 safe	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 used	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 waves	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 waves	case
10	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waves	compound
11	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 used	parataxis
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 Fi	case
13	Wi	Wi	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Fi	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 Fi	punct
15	Fi	fi	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waves	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 TV	cc
17	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Fi	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past				the levels			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					safe property	tree rules

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