Test 19 · ★ · Wild birds, bats and germs from animals

Owen had worms and someone told the whole class, now nobody sits with him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Owen, someone, nobody · What happens: have, tell, sit · To what, where: worms, whole class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 29 «Wild birds, bats and germs from 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	Owen	Owen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 told	cc
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sits	punct
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sits	advmod
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 sits	nsubj
13	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Owen	worms				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worm=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	someone		the whole class			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
3	sit	present	nobody			now	with Owen	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; worms are common and easily treated, and the gossip hurts him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 common	punct
6	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 common	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 common	cop
8	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spread	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 treated	cc
10	easily	easily	ADV	_	11 treated	advmod
11	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 common	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hurts	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hurts	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gossip	det
15	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hurts	nsubj
16	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	worms		common property	tree rules
3	treat	participle	worms not said here		easily property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent
4	hurt	present	the gossip	him = he		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient

Option 2

Spread it, so everyone stays safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stays	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 stays	advmod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 stays	nsubj
6	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	stay	present	everyone					safe property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Spread it, because it is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 true	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spread	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

Option 4

Spread it, and say he caught them from his dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	nsubj
7	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caught	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 dog	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dog	nmod:poss
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch	past	he	them = they	from his dog	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from dog=Source

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