Test 18 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

my mate says the new kid's useless at sport cos he's never picked first. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, not pick, pass on · To what, where: mate, sport · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 useless	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 kid	case
8	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sport	case
10	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 useless	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 picked	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 picked	nsubj:pass
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 picked	aux
14	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 picked	advmod
15	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 useless	advcl
16	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 picked	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	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	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not pick	present · passive		mate	first property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	pass on	infinitive		sport		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 he's not listening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 listening	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 listening	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 listening	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 listening	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 listening	advmod
7	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not listen	present · progressive	he						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's unkind; skills grow with practice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unkind	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 grow	punct
7	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	advcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 practice	case
10	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					unkind property	tree rules
2	grow	present	skills					with practice	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, so he stops trying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stops	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stops	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 stops	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	he						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	try	gerund	he not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, it's just honest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 honest	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 honest	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 honest	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 honest	advmod
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

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