Test 19 · ★ · Fire, candles and garage and garden tools

my brother says a boy's dog drank antifreeze in the garage n it's the boy's fault, everyone's saying it. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, dog, everyone · What happens: say, drink, be, pass on · To what, where: antifreeze, garage, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 115 «Fire, candles and garage and garden tools» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	nsubj
8	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	antifreeze	antifreeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 garage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garage	det
12	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obl
13	n	n	ADP	_	19 fault	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 fault	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 fault	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 boy	det
17	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fault	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 boy	case
19	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 drank	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 saying	punct
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	23 saying	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 saying	aux
23	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 drank	parataxis
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 saying	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 pass	punct
26	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 saying	parataxis
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 pass	obj
28	on	on	ADP	_	26 pass	compound:prt
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	drink	past	a boy's dog	antifreeze	the garage		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent antifreeze=Patient
3	is	present	dog			n the boy's fault	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	dog			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
5	pass on	infinitive		dog			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

Yes, but only to people with dogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 dogs	case
8	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so everyone knows that he is the one who killed his dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 knows	advmod
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 one	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 one	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	ccomp
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 killed	nsubj
12	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 one	acl:relcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dog	nmod:poss
14	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 killed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	present	everyone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	he	the one	tree rules
3	kill	past	the one	his dog	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is unkind; just know antifreeze is sweet but deadly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unkind	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unkind	parataxis
9	antifreeze	antifreeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sweet	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sweet	cop
11	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 know	ccomp
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 deadly	cc
13	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sweet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	unkind property	tree rules
2	know	infinitive			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	antifreeze	sweet property	tree rules
4	be		antifreeze not said here		tree rules

Option 4

Yes, because it is a true story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 story	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 story	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 story	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 story	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a true story					tree rules

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