Test 19 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

everyone's saying that boy's mum loves his baby sister more, he said so himself. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, mum, boy · What happens: say, love, pass on · To what, where: baby sister, boy, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	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 loves	mark
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 boy	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loves	nsubj
8	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sister	compound
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 loves	obj
12	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 loves	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	conj
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 himself	advmod
17	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 said	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 said	punct
19	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 said	ccomp
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pass	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	19 pass	compound:prt
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	present	boy's mum	boy's baby sister	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	boy	boy	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	pass on	infinitive		it	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, it's not a secret anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 secret	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 secret	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 secret	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 secret	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 secret	det
7	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 secret	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	it	a secret				anyway property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so his mum 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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	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	his mum						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's private and parents love both just as much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 private	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 private	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 private	cop
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 love	cc
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 love	nsubj
8	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 private	conj
9	both	both	ADV	_	8 love	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					private property	tree rules
2	love	present	parents	much				both property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, it must be true if he said it himself, so it's fine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 true	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 true	cop
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 true	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fine	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 fine	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fine	expl
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 fine	cop
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	it		true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	he	it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	is	present			fine property	tree rules

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