Test 14 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

kid in my class gets pushed round every day, not my business

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: push · To what, where: kid

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 100 «Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark» 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	nsubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 class	nmod:poss
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pushed	aux:pass
6	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	round	round	ADV	_	6 pushed	advmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 business	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 business	advmod
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 business	nmod:poss
13	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present · passive		kid in my class			day	round property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Join in so they leave you alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here						vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	present	they	you				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

Film it for a laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Film	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 laugh	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 laugh	det
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Film	nmod

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

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

Tell a teacher, standing up helps stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 standing	punct
5	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 helps	csubj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 standing	compound:prt
7	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 helps	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a teacher	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	stand up	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	help	present	standing			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	stop	infinitive	standing not said here	teacher		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 4

Stay out of it, it's not your problem, it's theirs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	4 it	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stay	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 problem	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 problem	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 problem	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 problem	advmod
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 problem	nmod:poss
10	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 theirs	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 theirs	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 theirs	cop
14	theirs	their	PRON	Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Stay	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stay out	imperative	you not said here	it	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location
2	not is a	present	it	your problem	tree rules
3	is a	present	problem	theirs = they	tree rules

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