Test 17 · Greeting adults and teachers

did u hear Noah called the teacher "mum" in assembly n "the whole school laughed for a week". what's probs exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Noah, whole school · What happens: hear, call, laugh, be, exaggerate · To what, where: teacher, probs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 121 «Greeting adults and teachers» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj
5	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mum	punct
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mum	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 n	case
12	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	_	18 laughed	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 n	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 school	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 school	amod
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 laughed	nsubj
18	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 called	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 week	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 week	det
21	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 laughed	obl
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 laughed	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 probs	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 probs	cop
26	probs	prob	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hear	parataxis
27	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 probs	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	call speech: assert	past	Noah		the teacher			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
3	laugh in a quote	past	the whole school			week	in assembly n	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in n=Theme
4	is a	present		probs				tree rules
5	exaggerate	participle		probs not said here				tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

A whole week; it happens to almost everyone, so laugh it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 week	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 week	amod
3	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 laugh	obl:unmarked
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 happens	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 happens	nsubj
6	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 laugh	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
8	almost	almost	ADV	_	9 everyone	advmod
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 happens	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laugh	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 laugh	advmod
12	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 laugh	obj
14	off	off	ADP	_	12 laugh	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	it					to everyone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	laugh off	imperative	you not said here	it			week		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

That calling a teacher mum by mistake is a slip that anyone makes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 calling	nsubj
2	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 slip	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mum	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	compound
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 mistake	case
7	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calling	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 slip	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 slip	det
10	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 makes	nsubj
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 makes	nsubj
13	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 slip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund	That		a teacher mum	by mistake	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	is a	present	calling	a slip			tree rules
3	make	present	a slip				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3

That he carried on with his day after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 carried	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 day	nmod:poss
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry on	past	That				day		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That some kids laughed at the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 laughed	nsubj
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 kids	det
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	That				time		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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