Test 19 · ★ · Standing up for yourself, nightmares and the dark

my brother says Zoe still sleeps with the light on n a teddy, in year 5 lol, should i tell my mates

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Zoe, i · What happens: say, sleep on, tell · To what, where: mates · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sleeps	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 sleeps	advmod
6	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 light	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeps	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	6 sleeps	compound:prt
11	n	n	ADP	_	13 teddy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teddy	det
13	teddy	teddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sleeps	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 year	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 year	case
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 teddy	appos
17	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 year	flat
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 sleeps	discourse
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 tell	aux
21	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 tell	nsubj
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	conj
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 mates	nmod:poss
24	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my brother				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sleep on	present	Zoe		still	with the light; n a teddy	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	should	i	my mates			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient

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, but only to friends who already know her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 friends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 friends	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 friends	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 friends	case
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 know	nsubj
8	already	already	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 friends	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	friends	her = she					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, because it is funny that she is still scared of the dark at her age

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 funny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 funny	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 funny	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 funny	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 funny	cop
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 scared	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 scared	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 scared	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 scared	advmod
11	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 funny	advcl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 dark	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 dark	det
14	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 scared	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 age	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 age	nmod:poss
17	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 funny	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				at her age	funny property	tree rules
2	is	present	she				still	of the dark; scared property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is private and unkind to spread, and lights help many people

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 private	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 private	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 private	cop
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 unkind	cc
7	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 private	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 spread	mark
9	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 unkind	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 help	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 help	cc
12	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 help	nsubj
13	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 private	conj
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 people	amod
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		private property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	spread	to-infinitive				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	help	present	lights	many people		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Option 4

Yes, so she learns to stop being a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 learns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 learns	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 learns	nsubj
5	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learns	xcomp
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 baby	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 baby	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	learn	present	she		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is a	gerund		a baby	tree rules

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