Test 18 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

my mate says some old lady on the bus told a kid off for not giving up his seat and he cried lol. should we spread it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, old lady, we · What happens: say, tell off, not give up, cry, spread · To what, where: kid, seat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 lady	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 bus	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bus	det
9	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	nmod
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kid	det
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	10 told	compound:prt
14	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 giving	mark
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 giving	advmod
16	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 told	advcl
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 giving	compound:prt
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 seat	nmod:poss
19	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 giving	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 cried	cc
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 cried	nsubj
22	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	conj
23	lol	lol	INTJ	_	27 spread	discourse
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 lol	punct
25	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 spread	aux
26	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	27 spread	nsubj
27	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 cried	ccomp
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 spread	obj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell off speech: assert	past	some old lady on the bus		a kid	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
3	not give up	gerund	some old lady on the bus not said here	mate's seat		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seat=Source
4	cry speech: express	past	mate			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	spread	should	we	seat		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's not ours to spread; offering a seat is kind though

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 ours	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ours	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ours	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ours	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 ours	advmod
6	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 kind	parataxis
7	to	to	PART	_	8 spread	mark
8	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ours	advcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 kind	punct
10	offering	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 kind	csubj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 seat	det
12	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offering	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 kind	cop
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	though	though	ADV	_	14 kind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	it	ours		tree rules
2	spread	to-infinitive				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	offer	gerund		a seat		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent seat=Theme
4	is	present	offering		kind, though property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, and say which school he goes to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	8 goes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	which school						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, old ladies always overreact

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 old	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ladies	amod
4	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overreact	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 overreact	advmod
6	overreact	overreact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overreact	present	old ladies					always property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, it's a funny story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 story	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 story	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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