Test 19 · Going up and down stairs safely

everyone's saying Mia cried on the stairs cos she fell in front of the whole class, shall i post it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, Mia, i · What happens: say, cry, fall, post · To what, where: stairs, front, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 1 «Going up and down stairs safely» of the everyday 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cried	nsubj
5	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 stairs	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stairs	det
8	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cried	obl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 fell	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fell	nsubj
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cried	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 class	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 class	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 class	amod
17	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 front	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 post	punct
19	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 post	aux
20	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 post	nsubj
21	post	post	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 post	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express	past	Mia		the stairs	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Location
3	fall	past	Mia		front of the whole class	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in front=Location
4	post	shall	i	class		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, it is true so it is fine to post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 fine	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 post	mark
11	post	post	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fine	csubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	true property	tree rules
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	post	to-infinitive			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, keep it to yourself; it would only embarrass her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 yourself	case
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 keep	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 embarrass	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 embarrass	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 embarrass	aux
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 embarrass	advmod
11	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keep	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it	yourself				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	embarrass	would	it	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes, if you leave her name out but add a photo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 leave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 leave	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 add	cc
10	add	add	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 leave	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 photo	det
12	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave out	present	you	her name	out property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a photo		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Patient
3	name		her = she			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, but only to the people in your class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 class	nmod:poss
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 people	nmod

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

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