Test 18 · Bedroom, living room and manners at home

everyone's saying Ollie's house is "full of cockroaches" cos he eats in bed. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, house, Ollie · What happens: say, be, eat, spread · To what, where: bed, house · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 119 «Bedroom, living room and manners at home» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 house	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Ollie	case
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 full	cop
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 full	punct
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 cockroaches	case
11	cockroaches	cockroach	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 full	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 full	punct
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 eats	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 eats	nsubj
15	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 full	advcl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 bed	case
17	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eats	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
19	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 spread	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Ollie's house			of cockroaches; full property	tree rules
3	eat	present	Ollie		bed		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	spread	infinitive		house			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, people should know before they visit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 visit	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 visit	nsubj
8	visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 know	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	people						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	visit	present	people						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is unkind and probably not true

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 true	cc
7	probably	probably	ADV	_	9 true	advmod
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 true	advmod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 unkind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					unkind property	tree rules
2	not be							probably property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, if you say you heard it from someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 heard	nsubj
7	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 heard	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	past	you	it		someone			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from someone=Source

Option 4

Yes, but only post it in the group chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 post	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 post	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 post	advmod
5	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 post	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 chat	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 chat	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chat	compound
10	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it		the group chat			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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