Test 18 · Being gentle with small animals

kids say the boy who got scratched by the class rabbit "was torturing it". nobody saw. spread it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, class rabbit, boy, nobody · What happens: say, scratch, torture, see, spread · To what, where: boy, rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 288 «Being gentle with small animals» 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	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 torturing	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 scratched	nsubj
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scratched	aux:pass
7	scratched	scratch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 boy	acl:relcl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 rabbit	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rabbit	det
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rabbit	compound
11	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scratched	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 rabbit	punct
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 torturing	aux
14	torturing	torture	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 say	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 torturing	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 torturing	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
18	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 saw	nsubj
19	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 say	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
21	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spread	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	scratch	past · passive	the class rabbit	the boy	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	torture in a quote	past · progressive	the boy	rabbit	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
4	see	past	nobody		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	spread	infinitive		rabbit	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, and tell the teacher it's true so he gets told off properly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 true	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 true	cop
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 teacher	acl:relcl
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 told	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	nsubj
12	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 told	aux:pass
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tell	advcl
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 told	compound:prt
15	properly	properly	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teacher	properly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	is	present	teacher	the teacher not said here		true property	tree rules
3	tell off speech: assert	present · passive		he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, so he's banned from the rabbit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 banned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 banned	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 banned	nsubj:pass
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 banned	aux:pass
6	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 rabbit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rabbit	det
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		he				from the rabbit	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from rabbit=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a rumour nobody saw; just handle animals gently

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	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 saw	nsubj
8	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 handle	punct
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 handle	advmod
11	handle	handle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	parataxis
12	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 handle	obj
13	gently	gently	ADV	_	11 handle	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a rumour		tree rules
2	see	past	nobody	a rumour not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
3	handle	infinitive		animals	gently property	vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Theme

Option 4

Yes, he must have been mean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 mean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mean	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 mean	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 mean	cop
7	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must · perfect	he					mean property	tree rules

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