Test 22 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

older boy keeps saying "ooh you and Sophie sitting in a tree" and won't stop, feels yucky

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: older boy, you · What happens: keep, say, sit, not stop, feel · To what, where: tree · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★★ 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	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 boy	amod
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sitting	punct
6	ooh	ooh	INTJ	_	10 sitting	discourse
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 sitting	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Sophie	cc
9	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 you	conj
10	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 saying	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 tree	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tree	det
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sitting	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 sitting	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stop	cc
16	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 stop	aux
17	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 stop	advmod
18	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keeps	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 feels	punct
20	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 keeps	conj
21	yucky	yucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	keep	present	older boy			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	older boy not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sit in a quote	gerund	you	a tree		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
4	not stop	future	older boy not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	feel	present	older boy not said here		yucky 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

It means you and Sophie must climb a tree together

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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 climb	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Sophie	cc
5	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 you	conj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 climb	aux
7	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 climb	obj
10	together	together	ADV	_	7 climb	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	climb	must	you	a tree				together property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

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

He is teasing that you two are a couple; you can tell him to stop and tell an adult if he goes on

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 teasing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	aux
3	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 teasing	obl
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 couple	nummod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 couple	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 couple	det
9	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teasing	obl:unmarked
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 tell	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	aux
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 teasing	parataxis
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tell	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 stop	mark
16	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tell	xcomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tell	cc
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 tell	conj
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 adult	det
20	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj
21	if	if	SCONJ	_	23 goes	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 goes	nsubj
23	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	advcl
24	on	on	ADV	_	23 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	He			that you	vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present		a two couple			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	can	you		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
6	go on a condition, not said to happen	present	adult				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is a compliment, so ask him to say it louder

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 compliment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 compliment	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 compliment	det
4	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 ask	advmod
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 compliment	acl:relcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ask	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	xcomp
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 say	obj
12	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a compliment		tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	a compliment not said here		him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	a compliment not said here	compliment		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

It means you have to stop being friends with Sophie

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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 friends	cop
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stop	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 Sophie	case
10	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 friends	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	present	you			tree rules
3	stop	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	is a	gerund		friends	with Sophie	tree rules

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