Test 19 · ★ · Compliments and respecting differences

my mate says that kid with two mums gets teased so much he's moving schools. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, kid · What happens: say, tease, move, pass on · To what, where: kid, schools, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	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	_	10 teased	mark
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 teased	nsubj:pass
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 mums	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 mums	nummod
8	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kid	nmod
9	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 teased	aux:pass
10	teased	tease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 pass	advcl
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 much	advmod
12	much	much	ADV	_	10 teased	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 moving	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 moving	aux
15	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 teased	advcl
16	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 moving	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 teased	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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	tease	present · passive		kid with two mums	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	move	present · progressive	kid	schools	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme
4	pass on	infinitive		mate	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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you say it kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	obj
7	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	5 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	it				kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's gossip; all families deserve respect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 gossip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gossip	nsubj
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	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 deserve	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 families	det
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 deserve	nsubj
9	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gossip	acl:relcl
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 deserve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	gossip					tree rules
2	deserve	present	all families	respect					tree rules

Option 3

Yes, so the teachers find out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 find	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 find	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teachers	det
5	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	present	the teachers						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, everyone should know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	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

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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