Test 19 · ★★ · Staying safe online and checking what you see

kids are saying the new boy "is really 30 pretending to be 11" cos he's tall. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, new boy, saying, boy · What happens: say, pretend, be, co, spread · To what, where: 11, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 283 «Staying safe online and checking what you see» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 cos	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boy	amod
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pretending	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 boy	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pretending	aux
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 30	advmod
10	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 pretending	nsubj
11	pretending	pretend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saying	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	14 11	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 11	cop
14	11	11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 pretending	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 11	punct
16	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 tall	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 tall	cop
19	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cos	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 tall	punct
21	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 tall	xcomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spread	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 cos	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pretend in a quote	present · progressive	the new boy			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	to-infinitive		11		tree rules
4	co	present	saying			tree rules
5	is	present	boy		tall property	tree rules
6	spread	infinitive	boy not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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, everyone should be warned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 warned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 warned	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 warned	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 warned	aux:pass
6	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	should · passive		everyone					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a cruel rumour with nothing behind it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rumour	det
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rumour	amod
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 rumour	nmod
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 nothing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cruel rumour				with nothing	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and post his photo with it so everyone knows who it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 post	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 post	cc
4	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 photo	nmod:poss
6	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 post	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 post	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 knows	advmod
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 post	advcl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	11 knows	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 who	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 who	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	his photo	with photo	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Theme
2	know	present	everyone			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	photo			tree rules

Option 4

Yes, but only to your best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 friend	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 friend	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 friend	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 friend	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friend	nmod:poss
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 friend	amod
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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