Test 8 · Greeting friends and relatives

Why should you not shout to a friend down the school corridor?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: not shout · To what, where: friend

This is test 8 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 shout	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shout	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 shout	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 shout	advmod
5	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 friend	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	obl
9	down	down	ADP	_	12 corridor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corridor	det
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 corridor	compound
12	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shout	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shout speech: express	should	you		a friend			down the school corridor	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient

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

Because it is the only rule that matters at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 rule	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rule	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rule	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rule	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rule	amod
6	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 matters	nsubj
8	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rule	acl:relcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the only rule					tree rules
2	matter	present	the only rule			school			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because friends cannot hear shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 hear	mark
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hear	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hear	advmod
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	shouting	shouting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hear	obj

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

Option 3

Because shouting makes your voice break and you lose it for days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 makes	mark
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 break	nmod:poss
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	compound
6	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 lose	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 lose	nsubj
9	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lose	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 days	case
12	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		your voice break		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset break=Product
3	lose	present	you	break	day	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	break		your			nom break «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is loud for everyone else and can disturb classes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 loud	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 loud	cop
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 everyone	case
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 loud	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 everyone	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disturb	cc
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 disturb	aux
9	disturb	disturb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 loud	conj
10	classes	class	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 disturb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					for everyone; loud property	tree rules
2	disturb	can		classes					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus class=Experiencer

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