Test 19 · ★ · Airports and planes

girl in my class says the boy who kicked her seat the whole flight was "a total brat" and wants to post it. should she

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, boy, whole flight · What happens: say, kick, be, want, post · To what, where: boy, seat, total brat, flight · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 class	nmod:poss
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 girl	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 kicked	nsubj
9	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 boy	acl:relcl
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 seat	nmod:poss
11	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kicked	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 flight	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 flight	amod
14	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 brat	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 brat	cop
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 brat	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 brat	det
18	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 brat	amod
19	brat	brat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kicked	parataxis
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 brat	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wants	cc
22	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 kicked	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 post	mark
24	post	post	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 wants	xcomp
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 post	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
27	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 should	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	girl in my class	the boy	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent boy=Topic
2	kick	past	the boy	girl's seat	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	past	the whole flight	a total brat	tree rules
4	want	present	the boy not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	post not said to happen	to-infinitive	the boy not said here	flight	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, and tag his school in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 school	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 school	cc
4	tag	tag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 school	compound
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 school	nmod:poss
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 school	nmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, ask an adult to help politely; don't post mean gossip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ask	xcomp
8	politely	politely	ADV	_	7 help	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 post	punct
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 post	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 post	advmod
12	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	conj
13	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gossip	amod
14	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 post	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		a adult		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
2	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			politely property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	not post	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	mean gossip			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gossip=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, post his photo so he learns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 photo	nmod:poss
5	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 post	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 learns	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 learns	nsubj
8	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 post	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	his photo					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme
2	learn	present	he						vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, everyone deserves to know what he's like before they sit near him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 deserves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 deserves	nsubj
4	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 know	mark
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deserves	xcomp
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 sit	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sit	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sit	cop
10	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 sit	mark
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 sit	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sit	nsubj
13	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 know	ccomp
14	near	near	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	deserve	present	everyone		tree rules
2	know	to-infinitive	everyone not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	is	present	he	near him = he; sit property	tree rules

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