Test 19 · ★★ · Video calls and visiting a friend's house

my mum's mate said the new boy broke a vase at Lily's n hid it, he's a total liar, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, new boy, n, total liar · What happens: say, break, hide, be, pass on · To what, where: vase, total liar · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 129 «Video calls and visiting a friend's house» 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 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mum	case
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	nsubj
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 vase	det
11	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broke	obj
12	at	at	SCONJ	_	16 hid	mark
13	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 n	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Lily	case
15	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hid	nsubj
16	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 broke	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hid	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 liar	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 liar	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 liar	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 liar	det
22	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 liar	amod
23	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 pass	nsubj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 pass	punct
25	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	ccomp
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 pass	obj
27	on	on	ADP	_	25 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my mum's mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	past	the new boy	a vase	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient
3	hide	past	Lily's n	vase	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	is a	present	n	a total liar	tree rules
5	pass on	infinitive	a total liar	vase	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

Hiding broken things is clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 clever	csubj
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hiding	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clever	cop
5	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund		broken things		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient
2	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	Hiding		clever property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread it; the lesson is to tell the adult at once and say sorry

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 tell	mark
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spread	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 adult	det
12	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 tell	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 say	cc
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tell	conj
17	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 say	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	the lesson		tell property	tree rules
3	say speech: apologize	infinitive	the lesson not said here		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pass it on so others know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	present	others						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Tell Lily's mum the gossip yourself so that she knows what he really did

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Lily	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gossip	det
6	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Tell	iobj
8	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 knows	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 so	fixed
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 did	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 did	advmod
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the gossip	yourself	tree rules
2	know	present	Lily			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do	past	he			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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