Test 20 · ★ · Handling anger and everyday fears

everyone says the boy who cried at his jab is "a wimp lol". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, boy · What happens: say, cry, be, pass on, jab · To what, where: jab, wimp lol, lol · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 291 «Handling anger and everyday fears» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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 lol	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cried	nsubj
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 jab	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 jab	nmod:poss
9	jab	jab	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 lol	cop
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 lol	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lol	det
13	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lol	compound
14	lol	lol	NOUN	_	2 says	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 lol	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 pass	punct
17	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pass	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	17 pass	compound:prt
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	past	the boy		boy's jab	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at jab=Location
3	is a in a quote	present	the boy	a wimp lol		tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	lol		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	jab		boy			nom jab «act transitive»: poss=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

Yes, he was being a wimp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 wimp	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wimp	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wimp	cop
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 wimp	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wimp	det
7	wimp	wimp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a wimp					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, and post it in the chat

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	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 post	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chat	det
8	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it		the chat			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and copy him crying so everyone laughs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 copy	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 copy	cc
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crying	nsubj
6	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 copy	xcomp
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 laughs	mark
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 laughs	nsubj
9	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 copy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	present	everyone	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, being scared of needles is normal; don't spread it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 normal	csubj:pass
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 needles	case
6	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scared	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 normal	cop
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 spread	punct
10	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 spread	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 spread	advmod
12	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 normal	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		of needles; scared property	tree rules
2	is	present		normal property	tree rules
3	not spread	infinitive · do-support	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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