Test 17 · ★ · Reading faces and voices

Mason's mum was shouting in the car park and someone says she's always like that and the police know her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, someone, police · What happens: shout, say, be, know · To what, where: car park, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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	Mason	Mason	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mason	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shouting	aux
5	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 park	compound
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shouting	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shouting	conj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 that	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 that	cop
15	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 that	advmod
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 that	case
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 says	ccomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 know	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 police	det
20	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 know	nsubj
21	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shouting	conj
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past · progressive	Mason's mum		the car park		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	someone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	mum			like that; always property	tree rules
4	know	present	the police	mum			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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

Spread it, so others avoid Mason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 avoid	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 avoid	advmod
5	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 avoid	nsubj
6	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	Mason	Mason	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	avoid	present	others	Mason					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent mason=Location

Option 2

Spread it, because shouting proves the rumour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proves	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 proves	mark
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 proves	nsubj
6	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rumour	det
8	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	shout speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	prove	present		the rumour	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Theme

Option 3

Spread it, and add that she was crying too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 add	cc
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 crying	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crying	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 crying	aux
9	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 add	advcl
10	too	too	ADV	_	9 crying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past · progressive	she		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; you only saw one moment, and the rumour could be untrue and hurtful

The tree, 17 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	not	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	_	8 saw	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 saw	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 saw	advmod
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	advcl
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 moment	nummod
10	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saw	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 untrue	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 untrue	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rumour	det
14	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 untrue	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 untrue	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 untrue	cop
17	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spread	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 hurtful	cc
19	hurtful	hurtful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 untrue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	see	past	you		moment		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	could	the rumour			untrue property	tree rules
4	be		the rumour not said here				tree rules

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