Test 21 · ★ · Kindness to animals

your friend whispers her parents are divorcing and they might give her cat away cos of moving. she's crying. what do you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, parents, you · What happens: whisper, divorce, give away, move, cry, do · To what, where: cat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	nsubj
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 divorcing	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 divorcing	aux
7	divorcing	divorce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 whispers	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 give	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 give	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 whispers	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 cat	nmod:poss
13	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	11 give	advmod
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	17 moving	mark
16	of	of	ADP	_	15 cos	fixed
17	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 crying	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 moving	punct
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 crying	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 crying	aux
21	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 give	advcl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 do	obj
24	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 do	aux
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 do	nsubj
26	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 whispers	ccomp
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	your friend			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	divorce	present · progressive	friend's parents			vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	give away	might	parents = parent	friend's cat	away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cat=Theme
4	move	gerund	friend not said here			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5	cry speech: express	present · progressive	friend			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	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 · ✓ the right answer

Comfort her, keep it private, and say she can talk to a trusted adult about the cat

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Comfort	comfort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Comfort	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Comfort	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	obj
6	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Comfort	conj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 talk	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 talk	aux
12	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 adult	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
15	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 adult	amod
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talk	obl
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 cat	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cat	det
19	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	comfort	imperative	you not said here	her = she		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here	it	private property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	talk	can	she		to a trusted adult; about the cat	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent about cat=Topic
5	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Say divorce is her fault for being naughty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fault	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fault	nmod:poss
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 naughty	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 naughty	cop
8	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	divorce	her fault		tree rules
3	is	gerund			naughty property	tree rules

Option 3

Promise you'll hide the cat in your room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hide	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hide	aux
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Promise	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 room	nmod:poss
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	imperative	you not said here						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hide	future	you	the cat		your room			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cat=Patient in room=Location

Option 4

Tell the class so someone takes the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 class	det
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 takes	advmod
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 takes	nsubj
6	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 takes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	take	present	someone		the cat				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument cat=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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