Test 17 · ★ · Playing fair and cheating in games

apparently Lily peeks in hide n seek every time, everyone says she's a cheater n nobody should play with her, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, she · What happens: say, be, pass on · To what, where: hide n seek, cheater · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 200 «Playing fair and cheating in games» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	3 peeks	advmod
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 peeks	compound
3	peeks	peek	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 seek	case
5	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seek	compound
6	n	n	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seek	amod
7	seek	seek	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peeks	nmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 says	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 time	punct
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 seek	acl:relcl
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 play	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 play	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 cheater	det
16	cheater	cheater	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 play	nmod:poss
17	n	n	PART	_	16 cheater	case
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 play	nsubj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 play	aux
20	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 says	ccomp
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 her	case
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 play	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 pass	punct
24	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 play	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 pass	obj
26	on	on	ADP	_	24 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	everyone	hide n seek not said here	time		tree rules
2	is	should · present	she			with her = she; play property	tree rules
3	pass on	infinitive	she not said here	cheater			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

Pass it on so she's left out

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	so	so	ADV	_	7 left	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 left	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Pass	advcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 left	compound:prt

#	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	leave out	present · passive		she					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread it; calmly say peeking isn't fair and play fair

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	n't	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	_	7 say	punct
6	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	parataxis
8	peeking	peeking	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fair	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fair	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 fair	advmod
11	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	ccomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 play	cc
13	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 say	conj
14	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 play	xcomp

#	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	say speech: assert	infinitive			calmly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	peeking		fair property	tree rules
4	play	infinitive			fair property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cheating is fine in hide and seek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 hide	case
5	hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 seek	cc
7	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cheating			hide		fine property	tree rules
2	seek	infinitive	Cheating not said here						vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Peek too to get even

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peek	peek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
2	too	too	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 get	mark
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive	Peek						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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