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Test 1 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say…

Your mate in the chat: "omg everyone's sayin Ryan nicked the money, he's such a thief" You know nobody saw anything. Best reply?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, sayin, You, nobody · What happens: nick, be, know, see · To what, where: money, thief, anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 49 «How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say it to their face» of the adult life 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 mate in the chat: "omg everyone's sayin Ryan nicked the money, he's such a thief" You know nobody saw anything.

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nicked	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 chat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chat	det
5	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mate	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 mate	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 sayin	punct
8	omg	omg	INTJ	_	11 sayin	discourse
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 sayin	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 everyone	case
11	sayin	sayin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nicked	nsubj
12	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sayin	appos
13	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 money	det
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nicked	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 thief	punct
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 thief	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 thief	cop
19	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	21 thief	det:predet
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 thief	det
21	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nicked	parataxis
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 know	punct
23	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 know	nsubj
24	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 thief	parataxis
25	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	26 saw	nsubj
26	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 know	ccomp
27	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	26 saw	obj
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick in a quote	past	Your mate in the chat	the money					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	sayin	such thief					tree rules
3	know	present	You						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	see	past	nobody	anything					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

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 reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1

Tell his mum he's a thief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thief	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 thief	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thief	det
7	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		his mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	is a	present	he	a thief					tree rules

Option 2

Yeah he totally did, send it round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
3	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 send	aux
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
6	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 send	obj
8	round	round	ADV	_	6 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · do-support		it				round property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

We don't know who took it, leave it to Miss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 leave	punct
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 know	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 leave	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Miss	case
12	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	We						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	take	past		it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	leave	infinitive		it	Miss				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to miss=Recipient

Option 4

Let's search his bag at break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bag	nmod:poss
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 search	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 break	case
7	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	search	infinitive	's not said here	his bag		break			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bag=Location

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