Test 19 · Remembering details

they're saying Aria's brother was the one who smashed the bus shelter, someone said they saw him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, brother, one, someone · What happens: say, be, smash, see · To what, where: one, bus shelter, Aria · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Aria	Aria	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Aria	case
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	ccomp
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 smashed	nsubj
11	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shelter	det
13	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shelter	compound
14	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smashed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
16	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	conj
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 said	ccomp
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	they		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Aria's brother	the one	tree rules
3	smash	past	the one	the bus shelter	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past	someone		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	see	past	they	Aria	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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, and add what he was wearing

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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 wearing	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wearing	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wearing	aux
9	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 add	ccomp

#	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 say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wear	past · progressive	he		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Option 2

Spread it, so the police hear about it

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	_	7 hear	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 hear	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hear	nsubj
7	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hear	obl

#	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	hear	present	the police					about it	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; it may be untrue and it could hurt Aria and her family

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	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	_	9 untrue	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 untrue	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 untrue	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 untrue	cop
9	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spread	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hurt	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hurt	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hurt	aux
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 untrue	conj
14	Aria	Aria	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hurt	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 family	cc
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 family	nmod:poss
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Aria	conj

#	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	may	it		untrue property	tree rules
3	hurt	could	it	Aria and her family		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer aria=Patient

Option 4

Spread it, because someone saw him do it, so it must be true

The tree, 13 words

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 saw	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 saw	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saw	obj
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 saw	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 do	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 true	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 true	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 true	nsubj
13	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 true	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 true	cop
15	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spread	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	see	past	someone	him = he		tree rules
3	do	infinitive	him = he not said here	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
4	is	must	it		true property	tree rules

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