Test 20 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

big kid said Miss Parker's "seeing" the PE teacher n told me to spread it round, feels wrong

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big kid, Miss Parker, PE teacher n · What happens: say, see, tell, spread, feel · To what, where: me, n · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Miss	Miss	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Parker	compound
5	Parker	Parker	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 seeing	nsubj
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Parker	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 seeing	punct
8	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 said	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 seeing	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 n	det
11	PE	PE	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 told	nsubj
14	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seeing	parataxis
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 told	iobj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 spread	mark
17	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 told	xcomp
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spread	obj
19	round	round	ADV	_	17 spread	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 feels	punct
21	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 seeing	conj
22	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	big kid				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see in a quote	gerund	Miss Parker				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	past	the PE teacher n		me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	spread not said to happen	to-infinitive	the PE teacher n not said here	n		round property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
5	feel	present	Miss Parker not said here			wrong property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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

It means she watches him do PE, so tell everyone

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watches	nsubj
4	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watches	obj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 watches	xcomp
7	PE	pe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	watch	present	she	him = he		tree rules
3	do	infinitive	him = he not said here	PE		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pe=Eventuality
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			everyone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2

It means nothing, so make up more and pass it on

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 means	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 make	advmod
6	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 make	compound:prt
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 make	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pass	cc
10	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 make	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 pass	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	10 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It	nothing	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	make up	infinitive		more	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme more=Pivot
3	pass on	infinitive		it	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They are probably a couple, which is their private business, so do not spread it

The tree, 15 words

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	5 couple	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 couple	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 couple	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 couple	det
5	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 business	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 business	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 business	cop
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 business	nmod:poss
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 business	amod
11	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 couple	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 spread	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 spread	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 spread	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 spread	advmod
16	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 couple	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	a couple and couple's private business	probably property	tree rules
2	is a	present	a couple and couple's private business	couple's private business		tree rules
3	not spread	infinitive · do-support	They not said here	business		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4

It means they are in trouble, so tell the head teacher at once

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 tell	advmod
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teacher	compound
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they		trouble	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the head teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

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