Test 13 · ★ · Classroom rules and homework

new boy hardly speaks english, how do i explain the game

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new boy, i · What happens: speak, explain · To what, where: game · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 254 «Classroom rules and homework» 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 boy	amod
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	nsubj
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	4 speaks	advmod
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	english	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speaks	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 explain	punct
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 explain	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 explain	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 explain	nsubj
10	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 speaks	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 explain	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	new boy					english, hardly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	explain speech: assert	present · do-support	i	the game					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=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

Shout really loud so he understands you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 loud	advmod
3	loud	loud	ADV	_	1 Shout	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 understands	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 understands	nsubj
6	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 understands	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	understand	present	he	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Speak slowly, use gestures and pictures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Speak	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 use	punct
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Speak	advcl
5	gestures	gesture	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pictures	cc
7	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gestures	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here					slowly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	present	you not said here	gestures and pictures					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gesture=Patient

Option 3

Talk very fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 fast	advmod
3	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Talk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Don't bother, he won't get it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 bother	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 bother	advmod
3	bother	bother	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
6	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bother	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not bother	imperative · do-support	you not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	not get	future	he	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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