Test 7 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

A girl plays football and some boys say it is «not for girls». What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, boys, football · What happens: play, say, not be, be · To what, where: football · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl plays football and some boys say it is «not for girls».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plays	nsubj
3	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plays	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 say	cc
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 boys	det
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 plays	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 girls	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 girls	cop
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 girls	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 girls	advmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 girls	case
14	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	ccomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 girls	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play	present	a girl	football		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	some boys			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is in a quote	present	football		for girls	tree rules

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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Agree, because football is only for boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 boys	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 boys	mark
4	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 boys	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 boys	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 boys	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 boys	case
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Agree	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	football					for boys	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Everyone can like what they like; don't join the teasing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 like	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 like	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 join	punct
8	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 join	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 join	advmod
10	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 like	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teasing	det
12	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	like	can	Everyone		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
2	like	present	they		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	not join	infinitive · do-support	Everyone not said here	the teasing	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teasing=Patient

Option 3

Tell her to try a girls' game instead, like netball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 try	mark
4	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 girls	det
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 game	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 girls	case
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 try	obj
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 try	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 netball	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 netball	case
12	netball	netball	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she			like netball	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	try not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a girls's game				instead property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality

Option 4

Stay out of it and laugh along

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	4 it	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stay	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 laugh	cc
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
7	along	along	ADV	_	6 laugh	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	imperative	you not said here	it					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location
2	laugh	infinitive	you not said here					along property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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