Test 11 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

new kid talks with an accent, some boys copying him lol. should i join in

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: new kid, boys, i · What happens: talk, copy, join in · To what, where: kid

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 226 «Compliments and respecting differences» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kid	amod
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talks	nsubj
3	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 accent	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 accent	det
6	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talks	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 boys	punct
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 boys	det
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 accent	nmod
10	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 boys	acl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 copying	obj
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	10 copying	discourse
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 talks	punct
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 join	aux
15	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 join	nsubj
16	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 talks	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	16 join	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	talk	present	new kid		with a accent some boys	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with accent=Co-Agent
2	copy	gerund	some boys not said here	kid		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	join in	should	i			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Only when the teacher isn't there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 there	advmod
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 there	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 there	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 there	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 there	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the teacher					there property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, it's only a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 3

Yes, if he laughs too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 laughs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 laughs	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 laughs	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 laughs	nsubj
5	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	5 laughs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, never copy or tease an accent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 copy	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 copy	advmod
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 tease	cc
6	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 copy	conj
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 accent	det
8	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tease	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not copy	imperative	you not said here						vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tease	infinitive	you not said here	a accent					vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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