Test 18 · Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom

kids say a teen dropped her hair dryer in the bath n it was "cos she's dumb". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, teen, dryer · What happens: say, drop, be, pass on · To what, where: hair dryer, bath, dryer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 118 «Saving energy, pets at home and the bathroom» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 teen	det
4	teen	teen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	nsubj
5	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dryer	nmod:poss
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dryer	compound
8	dryer	dryer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bath	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bath	det
11	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dropped	obl
12	n	n	SCONJ	_	19 dumb	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 dumb	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 dumb	cop
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 dumb	punct
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	19 dumb	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 dumb	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 dumb	cop
19	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dropped	parataxis
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 dumb	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
22	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pass	obj
24	on	on	ADP	_	22 pass	compound:prt
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop	past	a teen	teen's hair dryer	the bath		tree rules
3	is in a quote	past	dryer			dumb property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive		dryer			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, it is a funny story to share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 story	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 story	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 share	mark
9	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 story	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a funny story					tree rules
2	share	to-infinitive							tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it is cruel; the lesson is no plugged-in things near water

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 cruel	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cruel	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cruel	cop
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 things	amod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 cruel	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lesson	det
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cruel	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 things	cop
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 things	det
11	plugged	plug	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 things	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 plugged	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 things	case
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
15	near	near	ADP	_	16 water	case
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 things	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		cruel property	tree rules
2	plug	participle				vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	is	present		no cruel plugged things	near water	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only to the people at school who already know who she is

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 know	nsubj
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 people	parataxis
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	12 know	ccomp
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 who	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 who	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	the people			school			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	she	the people					tree rules

Option 4

Yes, as a warning that she is clumsy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 warning	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 warning	punct
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 warning	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 warning	det
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 clumsy	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 clumsy	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 clumsy	cop
9	clumsy	clumsy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 warning	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she	a warning not said here				clumsy property	tree rules

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