Test 17 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

did u hear some boys made a racist joke about the new kid and everyone laughed and he went home crying? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, boys, everyone, kid · What happens: hear, make, laugh, go, cry · To what, where: racist joke, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 boys	det
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
8	racist	racist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 joke	amod
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	13 kid	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kid	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kid	amod
13	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 joke	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 laughed	cc
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 laughed	nsubj
16	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 kid	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 laughed	conj
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
21	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 went	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 crying	punct
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lesson	amod
24	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 crying	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	make	past	some boys	a racist joke	about the new kid	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Product
3	laugh	past	everyone			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	go	past	kid		home property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	cry speech: express	gerund	kid not said here	real lesson		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic

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

Don't laugh; say it's not okay or tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 laugh	advmod
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 okay	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 okay	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 okay	advmod
9	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	conj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	not laugh	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	it		okay property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Laugh so you don't stand out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	6 stand	advmod
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 stand	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 stand	advmod
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Laugh	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not stand out	present · do-support	you						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only adults can stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 adults	advmod
2	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	can	adults	it					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector it=Eventuality

Option 4

It's fine if he didn't hear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hear	advmod
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	not hear a condition, not said to happen	past · do-support	he	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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