Test 19 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

someone says Theo's deaf in one ear cos he's weird and that's why he doesn't answer, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, Theo, that · What happens: say, be, not answer, pass on · To what, where: ear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 deaf	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Theo	case
5	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 ear	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 ear	nummod
8	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deaf	obl
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 weird	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 weird	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 weird	cop
12	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 deaf	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 why	cc
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 why	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 why	cop
16	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 weird	parataxis
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 answer	nsubj
18	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 answer	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 answer	advmod
20	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 why	advcl:relcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 pass	punct
22	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 pass	obj
24	on	on	ADP	_	22 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Theo		weird property	tree rules
3	is	present	that		why property	tree rules
4	not answer speech: assert	present · do-support	Theo			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	pass on	infinitive	someone not said here	ear		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 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, because it explains everything

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 explains	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 explains	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 explains	nsubj
7	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 explains	obj

#	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	explain speech: assert	present	it	everything					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic

Option 2

Pass it on, but only to the teacher

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 teacher	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 teacher	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 teacher	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 teacher	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pass	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it	the teacher				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to teacher=Destination

Option 3

Pass it on, so people know why he is weird

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 know	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 weird	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 weird	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 weird	cop
11	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	people			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	he		weird property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; it is cruel, and if he is hard of hearing he deserves kindness

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 cruel	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cruel	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pass	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 deserves	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 deserves	cc
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 hard	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hard	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 hard	cop
15	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 deserves	advcl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 hearing	case
17	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hard	obl
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 deserves	nsubj
19	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	conj
20	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it		cruel property	tree rules
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he		of hearing; hard property	tree rules
4	deserve	present	he	kindness		tree rules

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