Test 19 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

on the bus two teens behind you kiss and your little brother goes "EWWW they're snogging!!" loudly. what's best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, little brother, teens · What happens: kiss, go, snog, be · To what, where: bus, EWWW

This is test 19 · ★ 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	on	on	ADP	_	3 bus	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bus	det
3	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kiss	obl
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 teens	nummod
5	teens	teen	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bus	nmod
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 kiss	nsubj
8	kiss	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 goes	cc
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 brother	nmod:poss
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 brother	amod
12	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 goes	nsubj
13	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 kiss	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 EWWW	punct
15	EWWW	EWWW	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 goes	obl
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 snogging	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 snogging	aux
18	snogging	snog	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 goes	advcl
19	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	18 snogging	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 snogging	punct
21	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	13 goes	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 kiss	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 best	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 best	cop
25	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 kiss	parataxis
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 kiss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	kiss	present	you		the bus two teens		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	present	your little brother	EWWW		loudly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	snog in a quote	present · progressive	teens = teen				tree rules
4	is	present				good property	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

Take a photo to show everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 photo	det
3	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	advcl
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a photo					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Quietly tell him it's their business and not to shout about people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 business	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 business	cop
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 business	nmod:poss
7	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shout	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 shout	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 shout	mark
11	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	conj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 people	case
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 shout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		him = he	quietly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	their business			tree rules
3	not shout speech: express	to-infinitive	you not said here			about people	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about people=Topic

Option 3

Shout it louder so they stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obj
3	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Shout	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 stop	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stop	nsubj
6	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	it					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	stop	present	they						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Tell the driver to throw them off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 driver	det
3	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 throw	mark
5	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 throw	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 throw	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the driver				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient clause=Topic
2	throw off not said to happen	to-infinitive		them = they					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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