Test 19 · Greeting adults and teachers

everyone says the new girl is "stuck up" cos she doesn't say hi to teachers. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, girl · What happens: say, stick up, not say, spread · To what, where: new girl, teachers, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	aux:pass
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct
8	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stuck	compound:prt
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 say	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 say	advmod
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 stuck	xcomp
16	hi	hi	INTJ	_	15 say	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 teachers	case
18	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 say	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
20	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spread	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stick up in a quote	present · passive		the new girl		tree rules
3	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	girl		teachers	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hi=Topic to teacher=Recipient
4	spread	infinitive		it		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

Yes, if you say you are only joking

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	9 joking	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 joking	aux
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 joking	advmod
9	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 say	ccomp

#	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	joke speech: other	present · progressive	you						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, but only tell the teachers about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teachers			about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, she may just be shy, and it is unkind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 shy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shy	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 shy	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 shy	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 shy	cop
7	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 unkind	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 unkind	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 unkind	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unkind	cop
12	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	she					shy property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					unkind property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, everyone should know she is rude

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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rude	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 know	ccomp

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

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