Test 19 · ★ · Questions, group work and the adults at school

my mate says the teaching assistant isn't a real teacher so u don't have to listen to her. right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, teaching assistant, u · What happens: say, not be, not have, listen · To what, where: real teacher, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 256 «Questions, group work and the adults at school» 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 assistant	det
5	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assistant	compound
6	assistant	assistant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 teacher	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 teacher	cop
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 teacher	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 teacher	det
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 teacher	amod
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 have	advmod
13	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 have	nsubj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 have	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 have	advmod
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 listen	mark
18	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 have	xcomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 listen	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
22	right	right	ADV	_	16 have	advmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to 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 is a	present	the teaching assistant	a real teacher			tree rules
3	not have	present · do-support	u			right property	tree rules
4	listen	to-infinitive	u not said here		mate		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=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

Yes, assistants have no rules and can't tell anyone off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	assistants	assistant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	conj
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 tell	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 tell	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	assistants	no rules					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	not tell off speech: assert	can	assistants not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, unless she shouts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 shouts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 shouts	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	5 shouts	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouts	nsubj
5	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, only the main teacher counts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 counts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 teacher	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teacher	amod
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 counts	nsubj
7	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	the main teacher						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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

No, the assistant helps teach and is listened to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 helps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 assistant	det
4	assistant	assistant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	teach	teach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 listened	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 listened	aux:pass
9	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 helps	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 listened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	the assistant	teach					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Beneficiary
2	listen	present · passive	the assistant not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»

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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