Test 18 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

apparently the new kid boasts he's got 3 iPads and a pool and nobody likes him now. what's the true lesson behind it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, kid, nobody · What happens: boast, get, like, be · To what, where: 3 iPads, kid, true lesson, lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	5 boasts	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kid	amod
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boasts	nsubj
5	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 got	aux
8	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 boasts	ccomp
9	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 iPads	nummod
10	iPads	ipad	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 got	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pool	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 pool	det
13	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 iPads	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 likes	cc
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 likes	nsubj
16	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 got	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 likes	obj
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 likes	advmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 lesson	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 lesson	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 lesson	cop
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 lesson	det
23	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boasts	parataxis
25	behind	behind	ADP	_	26 it	case
26	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 lesson	nmod
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 boasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	the new kid				apparently property	vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · passive	kid	3 iPads and a pool				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ipad=Stimulus
3	like	present	nobody	kid		now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
4	is a	present		the true lesson	lesson			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Kids with pools always have more friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 pools	case
3	pools	pool	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Kids	nmod
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 friends	amod
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Kids with pools	more friends				always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 2

Never tell anyone anything good about you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 anything	compound
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obj
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 anything	amod
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	anything				about you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient about you=Topic

Option 3

Boasting makes people like you more, if your stuff is cool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obl
6	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 makes	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 more	punct
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 cool	mark
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 stuff	nmod:poss
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cool	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cool	cop
12	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	gerund				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		people	like you	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	your stuff		cool property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Boasting pushes friends away; share the fun instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushes	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 pushes	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 share	punct
6	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pushes	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fun	det
8	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 share	obj
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	6 share	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	gerund			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	push away	present	friends	away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
3	share	infinitive	the fun	instead property	tree rules

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