Test 19 · ★ · Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table

my mate says that new kid's mum is so rude, she never says thank you to the dinner ladies. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, mum · What happens: say, be, not say, thank, pass on · To what, where: you, kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 221 «Respect for everyone, greetings, goodbyes and the table» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 rude	mark
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mum	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 kid	case
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rude	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 rude	advmod
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rude	punct
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 says	nsubj
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 says	advmod
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	parataxis
16	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 says	ccomp
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 thank	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 ladies	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 ladies	det
20	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 ladies	compound
21	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 thank	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
23	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pass	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	23 pass	compound:prt
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	new kid's mum			rude property	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert	present	mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	thank speech: thank	present			you	to the dinner ladies	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
5	pass on	infinitive		kid			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, if you only tell your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 tell	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 tell	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	you		your friends				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, that's gossip about someone's family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 gossip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gossip	punct
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 gossip	det
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gossip	cop
5	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 family	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 someone	case
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gossip	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that gossip				about someone's family	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, everyone at school should know she's rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 know	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 school	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 everyone	nmod
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 know	aux
7	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rude	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 rude	cop
10	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	she					rude property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so the kid tells his mum off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tells	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 tells	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tells	nsubj
6	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tells	obj
9	off	off	ADP	_	6 tells	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell off speech: assert	present	the kid		kid's mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

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