Test 18 · ★ · Growing, seeing and hearing

everyone's saying the short boy in our class has something wrong with him cos he's tiny. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, short boy, boy · What happens: say, have, be, pass on · To what, where: something, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 211 «Growing, seeing and hearing» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boy	amod
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 has	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 class	nmod:poss
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boy	nmod
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 has	obj
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 something	amod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 him	case
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wrong	obl
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	18 tiny	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tiny	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 tiny	cop
18	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 something	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
20	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 pass	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	20 pass	compound:prt
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	have	present	the short boy in our class	something		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
3	is	present	boy		tiny property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	class		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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, so a doctor finds out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 finds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 finds	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doctor	det
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finds	nsubj
6	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 finds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	present	a doctor						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, if you say it kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obj
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	5 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	it				kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Yes, it's just being honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 honest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 honest	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 honest	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 honest	advmod
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 honest	cop
7	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, everyone grows at their own pace; don't spread it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 grows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 grows	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 grows	nsubj
4	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 pace	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pace	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pace	amod
8	pace	pace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grows	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 spread	punct
10	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 spread	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 spread	advmod
12	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grows	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	everyone					at their own pace	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pace=Location
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	everyone not said here	pace					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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