Test 1 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

A boy in Denver teases his friend for liking football, saying it is only for boys. Why is this unkind?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, football, this · What happens: tease, like, say, be · To what, where: friend, football · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?» 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 boy in Denver teases his friend for liking football, saying it is only for boys.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teases	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Denver	case
4	Denver	Denver	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	teases	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teases	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 liking	case
9	liking	like	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 teases	advcl
10	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 liking	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 saying	punct
12	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 liking	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 boys	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 boys	cop
15	only	only	ADV	_	17 boys	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 boys	case
17	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 saying	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 teases	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present	a boy in Denver	boy's friend		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient
2	like	gerund	a boy in Denver not said here	football		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot football=Theme
3	say speech: assert	gerund	a boy in Denver not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	football		for boys	tree rules

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: Why is this unkind?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 unkind	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 unkind	nsubj
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 unkind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					unkind property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Everyone can like what they like, and teasing makes people hide it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 like	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 like	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 like	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 makes	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 makes	cc
9	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 like	conj
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 makes	obj
12	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 makes	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	like	can	Everyone		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	like	present	they		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
3	make	present	teasing	people	tree rules
4	hide	infinitive	people not said here	teasing	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Because football really is a game meant only for girls to play in teams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 meant	mark
2	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	6 game	advmod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 game	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 football	nmod
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 girls	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 girls	case
10	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 meant	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 play	mark
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 meant	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 teams	case
14	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present		a game		tree rules
2	mean	past	football	girls		tree rules
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	football not said here		teams	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is only unkind if the friend plays badly and loses the match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unkind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 unkind	advmod
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 plays	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plays	nsubj
8	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	advcl
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 plays	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 loses	cc
11	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 plays	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 match	det
13	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		unkind property	tree rules
2	play a condition, not said to happen	present	the friend		badly property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lose	present	the friend not said here	the match		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Eventuality

Option 4

It is not unkind at all if it is said with a friendly smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unkind	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 unkind	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 unkind	advmod
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 unkind	obl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 said	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux:pass
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 unkind	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 smile	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 smile	det
13	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 smile	amod
14	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It			all		unkind property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		it				with a friendly smile	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme with smile=Manner

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