Test 18 · Excuse me, and good manners at the table

my cousin says some big kid shoved thru the corridor and a little kid broke both arms, I swear

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, big kid, little kid, I · What happens: say, shove, break, swear · To what, where: corridor, arms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 127 «Excuse me, and good manners at the table» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 kid	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoved	nsubj
7	shoved	shove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	thru	through	ADP	Abbr=Yes	10 corridor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corridor	det
10	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shoved	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 broke	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 kid	det
13	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 kid	amod
14	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 broke	nsubj
15	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shoved	conj
16	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	17 arms	det
17	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 broke	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 swear	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 swear	nsubj
20	swear	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shove	past	some big kid		the corridor	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through corridor=Trajectory
3	break	past	a little kid	both arms		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient
4	swear	present	I			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Say excuse me and wait; shoving can hurt, though both arms may be blown up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	excuse	excuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 excuse	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 excuse	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
7	shoving	shove	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 hurt	csubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 blown	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	16 blown	mark
12	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	13 arms	det
13	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 blown	nsubj:pass
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 blown	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 blown	aux:pass
16	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hurt	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	excuse	infinitive		me	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	wait	infinitive			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	shove	gerund			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	hurt	can	shoving		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
6	blow up	may · passive		both arms	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It's all true because your cousin said it, and cousins never make things up

The tree, 15 words

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	4 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 true	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cousin	nmod:poss
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 true	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 said	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 make	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 make	cc
12	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 make	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 make	advmod
14	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
15	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 make	obj
16	up	up	ADP	_	14 make	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		all, true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	your cousin	it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	not make up	present	cousins	things		vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Pivot

Option 3

Shoving is fine if you're in a hurry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shoving	shoving	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 hurry	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hurry	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hurry	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hurry	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hurry	det
9	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Shoving					fine property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you			a hurry			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Little kids never get hurt in corridors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	nsubj:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 hurt	advmod
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 corridors	case
7	corridors	corridor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	present · passive		Little kids		corridors			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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