Test 16 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

omg everyone's saying school's shut tomorrow cos of a burst pipe, my mate's brother's friend heard it. what do u do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, friend, u · What happens: say, hear, do · To what, where: shut tomorrow cos, cos · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	4 saying	discourse
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 saying	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	aux
4	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 school	case
7	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cos	amod
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	compound
9	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 pipe	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pipe	det
12	burst	burst	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pipe	compound
13	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 heard	punct
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mate	nmod:poss
16	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 brother	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 mate	case
18	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 friend	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 brother	case
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 heard	nsubj
21	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 heard	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 heard	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 do	obj
25	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 do	aux
26	u	u	X	_	27 do	nsubj
27	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 heard	ccomp
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	school's shut tomorrow cos of a burst pipe	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cos=Topic
2	hear	past	my mate's brother's friend	cos	tree rules
3	do	present · do-support	u		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 · ← Mova's choice

Ask the friend's brother to swear it's true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brother	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 friend	case
5	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 swear	mark
7	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 true	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	cop
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swear	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the friend's brother		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient
2	swear	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	friend		true property	tree rules

Option 2

Stay home, so many people can't be wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wrong	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 wrong	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not is	can	many people					wrong property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Check with the school website, a teacher or a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 website	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 website	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 website	compound
5	website	website	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 teacher	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 website	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 parent	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 website	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here					with the school website and a teacher or a parent	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Post it on the class chat to be helpful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 chat	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chat	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 chat	compound
6	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Post	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 helpful	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 helpful	cop
9	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Post	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it		the class chat			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive	you not said here					helpful property	tree rules

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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