Test 19 · ★ · Speaking up, saying no and growing up

apparently a kid told on the bullies and now they're gonna get him after school, so don't ever tell. what's the real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bullies · What happens: tell, get, not tell, be · To what, where: kid, bullies, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 215 «Speaking up, saying no and growing up» 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	_	13 get	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 apparently	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 kid	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bullies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bullies	det
7	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 told	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 now	cc
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 apparently	conj
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	gonna	gonna	PART	_	13 get	mark
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 school	case
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	22 tell	advmod
19	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 tell	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 tell	advmod
21	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	22 tell	advmod
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 get	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 tell	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 lesson	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 lesson	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 lesson	det
27	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 lesson	amod
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 tell	ccomp
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	participle		a kid not said here	the bullies			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	bullies = bully	kid		after school	apparently property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	not tell speech: assert	infinitive · do-support	bullies = bully not said here			ever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present		the real 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 · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult anyway; bullies rely on silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 rely	punct
7	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rely	nsubj
8	rely	rely	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 silence	case
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rely	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a trusted adult	anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	rely	present	bullies		on silence	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on silence=Theme

Option 2

Join the bullies so they leave you alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bullies	det
3	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Join	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leave	nsubj
6	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 leave	obj
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here	the bullies					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Patient
2	leave	present	bullies = bully	you				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

Never tell, it only makes things worse

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 tell	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 makes	advmod
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	ccomp
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obj
8	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	present	it	things				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material thing=Product

Option 4

Fight the bullies yourself instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bullies	det
3	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Fight	obj
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Fight	obl
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Fight	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	imperative	you not said here	the bullies				yourself obl; instead property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bully=Co-Agent

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