Test 3 · ★ · Rumours and gossip
A girl hears that a nasty video about a classmate is going round. What is the most helpful thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, nasty video, helpful thing · What happens: hear, go round, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl hears that a nasty video about a classmate is going round.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hears | nsubj |
| 3 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 going | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 video | det |
| 6 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 video | amod |
| 7 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 going | nsubj |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 classmate | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 classmate | det |
| 10 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 video | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 going | aux |
| 12 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 hears | ccomp |
| 13 | round | round | ADV | _ | 12 going | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | a girl | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | go round | present · progressive | a nasty video about a classmate | round property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is the most helpful thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 helpful | advmod |
| 5 | helpful | helpful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the helpful thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Watch it so she knows what is going on and can tell the others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watch | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 knows | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 knows | nsubj |
| 5 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Watch | advcl |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 going | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 going | aux |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 knows | ccomp |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 going | compound:prt |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 tell | cc |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 tell | aux |
| 12 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Watch | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 others | det |
| 14 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | it | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | present | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | can | you not said here | the others | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |
Option 2
Comment that it is not very funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comment | comment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Comment | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 funny | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 funny | advmod |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 funny | advmod |
| 7 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Comment that it | funny property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Not watch or share it, and tell a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 watch | advmod |
| 2 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 share | cc |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 watch | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 tell | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 watch | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 adult | det |
| 10 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 adult | amod |
| 11 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not watch | imperative | you not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | share | infinitive | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a trusted adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Share it to warn other children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Share | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 warn | mark |
| 4 | warn | warn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Share | advcl |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 children | amod |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 warn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | to-infinitive | you not said here | other children | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient |
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