Test 18 · ★ · Kindness to animals

everyone's saying that boy throws stones at cats in his garden, someone said he killed one. should u spread it round school?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, boy, someone, u · What happens: say, throw, kill, spread · To what, where: stones, garden, one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 207 «Kindness to animals» 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	_	6 throws	mark
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throws	nsubj
6	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
7	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throws	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 cats	case
9	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 throws	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 garden	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 garden	nmod:poss
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 throws	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
14	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 throws	parataxis
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 killed	nsubj
17	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 said	ccomp
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 killed	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 spread	punct
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 spread	aux
21	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	22 spread	nsubj
22	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 spread	obj
24	round	round	ADP	_	25 school	case
25	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 spread	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	throw	present	boy	stones	boy's garden	at cats	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stone=Theme at cat=Destination
3	say speech: assert	past	someone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	kill	past	boy	one			vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
5	spread	should	u	garden		round school	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 add his address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 address	nmod:poss
6	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 add	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	his address					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Patient
2	address		his = he						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Yes, so everyone knows to stay away from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 knows	advmod
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stay	mark
7	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 knows	ccomp
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 stay	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 away	obl

#	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 how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	stay away	to-infinitive						away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, tell an adult quietly if you are worried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 tell	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 worried	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 worried	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 worried	cop
10	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult			quietly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					worried property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, cruelty to animals must always be shamed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 cruelty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shamed	nsubj:pass
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 animals	case
5	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cruelty	nmod
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 shamed	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 shamed	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 shamed	aux:pass
9	shamed	shame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shame	must · passive		cruelty to animals				always property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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