Test 19 · ★ · Pet care, food and responsibility

everyone's saying that boy's family dumped their puppy on the motorway. should u spread it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, family, u · What happens: say, dump, spread · To what, where: puppy, motorway · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 205 «Pet care, food and responsibility» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 dumped	mark
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 family	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dumped	nsubj
8	dumped	dump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 puppy	nmod:poss
10	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dumped	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 motorway	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 motorway	det
13	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dumped	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 spread	punct
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 spread	aux
16	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 spread	nsubj
17	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spread	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	dump	past	boy's family	their puppy	the motorway	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme on motorway=Trajectory
3	spread	should	u	puppy		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, and post it online with his name and his photo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 post	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 post	cc
4	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 post	obj
6	online	online	ADV	_	4 post	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 name	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 name	nmod:poss
9	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 post	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 photo	cc
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 photo	nmod:poss
12	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 name	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it				with his name and his photo; online property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so everyone at school knows how cruel they are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 knows	advmod
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 knows	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 school	case
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 everyone	nmod
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 cruel	advmod
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 knows	ccomp
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cruel	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	they					cruel property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it may be untrue; if worried, tell an adult quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 untrue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 untrue	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 untrue	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 untrue	cop
6	untrue	untrue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 worried	mark
9	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tell	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 worried	punct
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 untrue	conj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj
14	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	may	it					untrue property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult			quietly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, abandoning pets is illegal so it's fine to say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 illegal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	abandoning	abandon	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 illegal	csubj
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 abandoning	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 illegal	cop
6	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 illegal	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 fine	csubj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	abandon	gerund		pets		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme pet=Source
2	is	present	abandoning		illegal property	tree rules
3	is	present	abandoning not said here		fine property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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