Test 12 · ★★ · How to handle gossip: is it true, is it kind, would I say… Your mate: "Amira got full marks AGAIN, bet she copies." You saw her revising every lunchtime. What's the fair reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Amira, You, fair reply · What happens: get, copy, see, revise, be · To what, where: full marks, Amira, lunchtime
This is test 12 · ★★ 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: "Amira got full marks AGAIN, bet she copies."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj amod obj advmod punct cc nsubj parataxis punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Amira PROPN got VERB full ADJ marks NOUN AGAIN ADV , PUNCT bet CCONJ she PRON copies VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 6 got nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 6 got punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 got punct 5 Amira Amira PROPN Number=Sing 6 got nsubj 6 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 8 marks amod 8 marks mark NOUN Number=Plur 6 got obj 9 AGAIN again ADV _ 6 got advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 copies punct 11 bet bet CCONJ _ 13 copies cc 12 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 copies nsubj 13 copies copy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 got parataxis 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 copies punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 13 copies punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get in a quote past Your mate full marks again vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus 2 copy in a quote present Amira vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: You saw her revising every lunchtime.
nsubj obj xcomp det obj punct root You PRON saw VERB her PRON revising VERB every DET lunchtime NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 saw obj 4 revising revise VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 saw xcomp 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 lunchtime det 6 lunchtime lunchtime NOUN Number=Sing 4 revising obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past You Amira tree rules 2 revise gerund Amira not said here every lunchtime vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent lunchtime=Patient
Sentence 3: What's the fair reply?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fair ADJ reply NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 reply det 4 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 5 reply amod 5 reply reply 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 fair reply tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer She worked hard, be glad for her
nsubj advmod punct cop advcl case obl root She PRON worked VERB hard ADV , PUNCT be AUX glad ADJ for ADP her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 worked nsubj 2 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 2 worked advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 glad punct 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 glad cop 6 glad glad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 worked advcl 7 for for ADP _ 8 her case 8 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 glad obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work past She hard property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is infinitive She not said here for her = she ; glad property tree rules
Option 2 Copy her homework yourself next time
nmod:poss obj obl amod obl:unmarked root Copy VERB her PRON homework NOUN yourself PRON next ADJ time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Copy copy VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 homework nmod:poss 3 homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 1 Copy obj 4 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 1 Copy obl 5 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 6 time amod 6 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Copy obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 copy imperative you not said here her homework time yourself obl vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Theme
Option 3 Ask her to give you her answers
iobj mark xcomp iobj nmod:poss obj root Ask VERB her PRON to PART give VERB you PRON her PRON answers NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Ask iobj 3 to to PART _ 4 give mark 4 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 5 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 give iobj 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 answers nmod:poss 7 answers answer NOUN Number=Plur 4 give obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here her = she vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 give not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here her answers you vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient answer=Theme 3 answer her = she nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Yeah, let's tell Miss she copies
discourse punct obj xcomp obj nsubj parataxis root Yeah INTJ , PUNCT let VERB 's PRON tell VERB Miss PROPN she PRON copies VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yeah yeah INTJ _ 3 let discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yeah punct 3 let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 's we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 let obj 5 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 let xcomp 6 Miss Miss PROPN Number=Sing 5 tell obj 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 copies nsubj 8 copies copy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 tell parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let imperative you not said here 's tree rules 2 tell speech: assert infinitive 's not said here Miss vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient 3 copy present Miss vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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