Test 21 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

some kid said "her mum and dad are splitting up, my nan said, that's why she's weird lately" — what does it mean and what do you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, mum, nan, that, it, you · What happens: say, split up, be, mean, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 splitting	punct
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 splitting	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dad	cc
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mum	conj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 splitting	aux
10	splitting	split	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 splitting	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 nan	nmod:poss
14	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 why	punct
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 why	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 why	cop
19	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	22 weird	advmod
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 weird	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 weird	cop
22	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 said	ccomp
23	lately	lately	ADV	_	22 weird	advmod
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 weird	punct
25	—	-	PUNCT	_	29 mean	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 mean	obj
27	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 mean	aux
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 mean	nsubj
29	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	parataxis
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 do	cc
31	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 do	obj
32	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 do	aux
33	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 do	nsubj
34	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 mean	conj
35	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	some kid		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	split up in a quote	present · progressive	kid's mum and dad		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my nan		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	that	why property	tree rules
5	is in a quote	present	nan	lately, weird property	tree rules
6	mean	present · do-support	it		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
7	do	present · do-support	you		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

She is weird, so stay away from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 weird	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 weird	cop
3	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stay	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
6	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 weird	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					weird property	tree rules
2	stay away	infinitive	She not said here					from her = she; away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Ask her in front of everyone if 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 front	case
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 front	nmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 true	mark
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	1 Ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she	front of everyone			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	front					true property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her parents may be separating; don't spread it, be kind to her

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 separating	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 separating	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 separating	aux
5	separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 spread	punct
7	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 spread	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spread	advmod
9	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 separating	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spread	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kind	punct
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 kind	cop
13	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spread	advcl
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	separate	may · progressive	Her parents				vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	Her parents not said here	it			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	is	infinitive	Her parents not said here		her = she	kind property	tree rules

Option 4

Her parents are moving to two houses for a holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moving	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	aux
4	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 houses	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 houses	nummod
7	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moving	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 holiday	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 holiday	det
10	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	Her parents			two houses		for a holiday	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory

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