Test 18 · ★ · Greeting neighbours and new people

kids reckon old Mrs Grey's garden is "haunted" n dare each other to sneak in. should i go along with it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, i · What happens: reckon, haunt, dare, sneak in, go along · To what, where: garden, each · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 123 «Greeting neighbours and new people» 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	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 go	advcl
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Grey	amod
4	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Grey	compound
5	Grey	Grey	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 garden	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Grey	case
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 haunted	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 haunted	aux:pass
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 haunted	punct
10	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reckon	parataxis
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 haunted	punct
12	n	n	PART	_	13 dare	mark
13	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 haunted	advcl
14	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	13 dare	obj
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 each	fixed
16	to	to	PART	_	17 sneak	mark
17	sneak	sneak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 dare	xcomp
18	in	in	ADP	_	17 sneak	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckon	punct
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 go	aux
21	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 go	nsubj
22	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
23	along	along	ADV	_	22 go	advmod
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	kids			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	haunt in a quote	present · passive		old Mrs Grey's garden		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	dare	infinitive		each		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent each=Recipient clause=Topic
4	sneak in	to-infinitive				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	go along	should	i		with garden; along property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary

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, it is only a game, so it is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 game	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 game	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 game	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 game	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fine	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 game	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a game					tree rules
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if you leave something in return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 leave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 leave	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 leave	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 leave	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 return	case
8	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present	you	something		return			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Theme in return=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, going in uninvited is trespassing and rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 trespassing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct
3	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 trespassing	csubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 uninvited	case
5	uninvited	uninvited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 going	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 trespassing	aux
7	trespassing	trespass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rude	cc
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 trespassing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund				uninvited			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in uninvited=Location
2	trespass	present · progressive	going						tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if you are really quick and make sure that nobody sees you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 quick	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quick	cop
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 quick	advmod
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 make	cc
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 quick	conj
10	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 make	xcomp
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 sees	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 sees	nsubj
13	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 make	advcl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	you		quick property	tree rules
2	make	infinitive	you not said here		sure property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	see	present	nobody	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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