Test 15 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

there's a nasty story about me going round the group chat, what do i do

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nasty story, i · What happens: be, go, do · To what, where: group chat, nasty story

This is test 15 · ★ 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	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 's	expl
2	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	nasty	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 's	nsubj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 me	case
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 story	nmod
8	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 story	acl
9	round	round	ADP	_	12 chat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chat	det
11	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 chat	compound
12	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 going	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 do	punct
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 do	obj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 do	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 do	nsubj
17	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 story	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be	present	a nasty story about me		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	gerund	a nasty story about me not said here		the group chat	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round chat=Initial_Location
3	do	present · do-support	i	a nasty story about me		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Post a nastier one about them so they know how it feels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	nastier	nasty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Post	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 one	nmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Post	advcl
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 feels	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feels	nsubj
12	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	a nastier one	about them = they	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
2	know	present	they			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	feel	present	it			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Leave school for a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 week	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 week	det
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	school			week		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Screenshot it and tell a parent or teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Screenshot	screenshot	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Screenshot	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Screenshot	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 teacher	cc
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 parent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	screenshot	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a parent or teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it secret so it dies out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 dies	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dies	nsubj
6	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 dies	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	die out	present	it						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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