Test 18 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

heard a kid got pushed around every day by the lockers n nobody said anything, now he's hurt, people say the ones who watched are just as bad. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lockers, nobody, people, ones · What happens: hear, push around, n, say, hurt, watch · To what, where: kid, anything, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushed	nsubj:pass
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pushed	aux:pass
5	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	ccomp
6	around	around	ADV	_	5 pushed	advmod
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pushed	obl:unmarked
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 n	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lockers	det
11	lockers	locker	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 n	nsubj
12	n	n	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pushed	advcl
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 n	ccomp
15	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 said	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hurt	punct
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 hurt	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hurt	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 hurt	aux:pass
20	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 say	punct
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 say	nsubj
23	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 ones	det
25	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 bad	nsubj
26	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 watched	nsubj
27	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 ones	acl:relcl
28	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 bad	cop
29	just	just	ADV	_	31 bad	advmod
30	as	as	ADV	_	31 bad	advmod
31	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 say	ccomp
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 heard	punct
33	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	37 lesson	nsubj
34	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 lesson	cop
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 lesson	det
36	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 lesson	amod
37	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	push around	past · passive		a kid	day	around property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	n	present	the lockers				tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	nobody	anything			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic
5	hurt	present · passive		kid	now		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6	say speech: assert	present	people				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
7	watch	past	the ones				vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
8	is	present	the ones			bad property	tree rules
9	is a	present		the real lesson			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 · ← Mova's choice

Watching quietly is the safest choice for everybody

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 choice	csubj
2	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Watching	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 choice	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 choice	det
5	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 choice	amod
6	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everybody	case
8	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 choice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund						quietly property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Watching	the safest choice				for everybody	tree rules

Option 2

Only teachers should notice when a kid is being hurt, it is their job not ours

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 teachers	advmod
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 notice	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 notice	aux
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 hurt	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux:pass
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 hurt	aux:pass
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 job	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 job	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 job	cop
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 job	nmod:poss
15	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 notice	obl
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 ours	advmod
17	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 job	nmod:poss

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	notice	should	teachers		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	hurt	present · passive		a kid	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	is a	present	kid	teachers's job	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Telling an adult when someone is hurt is standing up, not telling tales

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 standing	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 hurt	advmod
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 hurt	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hurt	aux:pass
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Telling	advcl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 standing	aux
9	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 standing	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 telling	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 telling	advmod
13	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 standing	conj
14	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	hurt	present · passive		someone		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	stand up	present · progressive	Telling			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not tell speech: assert	gerund	Telling not said here	tales		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

Option 4

Pushing the bully back is the best way to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 way	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bully	det
3	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pushing	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Pushing	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	push back	gerund		the bully	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Theme
2	is a	present	Pushing	the best way	tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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