Test 18 · Greeting friends and relatives

kids are saying Tom's nan is "deaf as a post n shouts all the time" lol. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, nan, post n · What happens: say, be, shout, pass on · To what, where: n · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 122 «Greeting friends and relatives» 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	3 saying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 nan	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Tom	case
6	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deaf	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deaf	cop
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 deaf	punct
9	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	ccomp
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 shouts	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 n	det
12	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	nsubj
14	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deaf	advcl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 time	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	obj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 time	punct
19	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 shouts	discourse
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
21	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pass	obj
23	on	on	ADP	_	21 pass	compound:prt
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	kids				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Tom's nan			deaf property	tree rules
3	shout speech: express in a quote	present	a post n		time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pass on	infinitive	kids not said here	n			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it is unkind to mock someone who hears badly

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	to	to	PART	_	7 mock	mark
7	mock	mock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unkind	advcl
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 mock	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 hears	nsubj
10	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 someone	acl:relcl
11	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 hears	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		unkind property	tree rules
2	mock	to-infinitive		someone		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
3	hear	present			badly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Yes, but only when Tom is not around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 around	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 around	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 around	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 around	advmod
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 around	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 around	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 around	advmod
9	around	around	ADV	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Tom					around property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, because she really cannot hear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hear	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	8 hear	advmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hear	advmod
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	she	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, it is just a joke about old people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 joke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 joke	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 joke	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 joke	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 joke	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a joke				about old people	tree rules

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