Test 18 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

guess what, Ben forgot his homework 3 times this week n told Miss his dog ate it lol, telling everyone at break. good idea?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Ben, week n, dog · What happens: guess, forget, tell, eat · To what, where: homework, Miss, n, everyone, break · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» 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	guess	guess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	1 guess	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 forgot	punct
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	nsubj
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 guess	parataxis
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 homework	nmod:poss
7	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	obj
8	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 told	obl:unmarked
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 n	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 n	compound
12	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forgot	conj
14	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 told	iobj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 dog	nmod:poss
16	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ate	nsubj
17	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 told	ccomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ate	obj
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	17 ate	discourse
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 telling	punct
21	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 ate	advcl
22	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	21 telling	iobj
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 break	case
24	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 telling	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 guess	punct
26	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 idea	amod
27	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 guess	parataxis
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	guess	imperative	you not said here					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	forget	past	Ben	Ben's homework				tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	this week n		Miss		time	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent miss=Recipient clause=Topic
4	eat	past	Ben's dog	n				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	tell speech: assert	gerund	Ben's dog not said here		everyone	break		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=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

Yes, everyone should hear the dog excuse because it is so funny and nobody believes it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 hear	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excuse	nsubj
8	excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 hear	ccomp
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 funny	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 funny	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 funny	cop
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 funny	advmod
13	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hear	advcl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 believes	cc
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 believes	nsubj
16	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 funny	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 believes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	should	everyone			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	excuse	infinitive	the dog			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	dog		funny property	tree rules
4	believe	present	nobody	dog		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, but only after break is finished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 finished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 finished	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 finished	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 break	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 break	case
6	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finished	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 finished	aux:pass
8	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	present · passive		break					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, so Ben gets into even more trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gets	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 gets	advmod
4	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 trouble	amod
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Ben			more trouble			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, spreading it is unkind; the lesson is to own up and bring it next day

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 unkind	csubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spreading	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 unkind	cop
6	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 own	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 own	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 own	cop
11	to	to	PART	_	12 own	mark
12	own	own	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unkind	parataxis
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 own	compound:prt
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bring	cc
15	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 own	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bring	obj
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 day	amod
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bring	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	spread	gerund		it			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	spreading			unkind property	tree rules
3	is	present	the lesson			own property	tree rules
4	bring	infinitive	the lesson not said here	lesson	day		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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