Test 22 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

mate said "my dad says the teacher only got the job cos she's going out with the head" — is that fair to repeat?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, dad, teacher, that · What happens: say, get, go out, be, repeat · To what, where: job · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★ of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 job	det
12	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 going	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 going	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 going	aux
16	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 got	advcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 going	compound:prt
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 head	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 head	det
20	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 going	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 going	punct
22	—	-	PUNCT	_	25 fair	punct
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 fair	cop
24	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 fair	nsubj
25	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
26	to	to	PART	_	27 repeat	mark
27	repeat	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 fair	csubj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my dad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	past	the teacher	the job		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus
4	go out in a quote	present · progressive	teacher		with the head	vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with head=Co-Agent
5	is	present	that		fair property	tree rules
6	repeat	to-infinitive				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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, dads always know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	dads	dad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 know	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	dads					always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, tell the teacher to her face so she knows what people say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 knows	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	advcl
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 say	obj
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 say	nsubj
14	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the teacher	to teacher's face	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Topic to face=Recipient
2	know	present	teacher			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	people			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No; it's a rumour about someone's private life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 rumour	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rumour	det
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	11 life	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 life	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 someone	case
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rumour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a rumour				about someone's private life	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but only to your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 friends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 friends	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 friends	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 friends	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friends	nmod:poss
7	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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