Test 19 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

everyone's saying the boy who ran out behind the bus was "being an idiot, serves him right". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, boy · What happens: say, run out, be, serve, pass on · To what, where: boy, bus, idiot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 ran	nsubj
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	acl:relcl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 ran	compound:prt
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 bus	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bus	det
11	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	obl
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 idiot	aux
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 idiot	punct
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 idiot	cop
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 idiot	det
16	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 serves	punct
18	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 serves	obj
20	right	right	ADV	_	18 serves	advmod
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 serves	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
23	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	ccomp
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pass	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	23 pass	compound:prt
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	the boy			tree rules
2	run out	past	the boy		the bus		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind bus=Trajectory
3	is a in a quote	past · progressive		a idiot			tree rules
4	serve in a quote	present		boy		right property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute
5	pass on	infinitive		idiot			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

Yes, but only to the kids in his class, and to his friends and their brothers

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 kids	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 kids	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 kids	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 kids	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 class	nmod:poss
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kids	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 friends	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 friends	cc
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 friends	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 friends	nmod:poss
15	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kids	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 brothers	cc
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 brothers	nmod:poss
18	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 friends	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so everyone knows he was silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 knows	advmod
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 silly	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 silly	cop
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	he					silly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, don't spread it; just learn to wait till the bus has gone

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 learn	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 learn	advmod
9	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 wait	mark
11	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learn	xcomp
12	till	till	SCONJ	_	16 gone	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bus	det
14	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gone	nsubj
15	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	aux
16	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	learn	infinitive	you not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wait	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	go	present · perfect	the bus		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, and add what you heard about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 heard	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 heard	nsubj
7	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 add	ccomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hear	past	you					about him = he	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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