Test 13 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

heard Sam nicked money from the bag, should i tell the others

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, i · What happens: hear, nick, tell · To what, where: money, bag, others · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	nsubj
3	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	ccomp
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 bag	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicked	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 tell	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 tell	nsubj
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 heard	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 others	det
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	nick	past	Sam	money	the bag	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from bag=Source
3	tell speech: assert	should	i	the others		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient

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

Yes, but only to your best mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 mates	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 mates	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 mates	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 mates	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mates	nmod:poss
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 mates	amod
8	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Yes, people need warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	people	warning					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot warning=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, don't pass it on, it might not be true and can really hurt him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 pass	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 pass	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 pass	advmod
5	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pass	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	5 pass	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 true	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 true	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 true	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 true	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 true	cop
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pass	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hurt	cc
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hurt	aux
16	really	really	ADV	_	17 hurt	advmod
17	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 true	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hurt	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	not is	might	it		true property	tree rules
3	hurt	can		him = he		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient

Option 4

Only tell them if you add that you're not sure and it might be made up

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 add	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 add	nsubj
6	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	ccomp
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sure	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 sure	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sure	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 sure	advmod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 add	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 made	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 made	nsubj:pass
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 made	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 made	aux:pass
16	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 sure	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 made	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	add speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	you			sure property	tree rules
4	make up	might · passive		it			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot

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