Test 20 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

kids are saying the new boy "has no manners, he eats like a pig" cos he slurps his soup. pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, new boy, boy · What happens: say, have, eat, slurp, pass on · To what, where: manners, soup · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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	root	root
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	8 has	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 manners	det
10	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 has	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 eats	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 eats	nsubj
13	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 slurps	advcl
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 pig	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pig	det
16	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 eats	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 cos	punct
18	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pig	conj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 slurps	nsubj
20	slurps	slurp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	parataxis
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 soup	nmod:poss
22	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 slurps	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct
24	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	ccomp
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 pass	obj
26	on	on	ADP	_	24 pass	compound:prt
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	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	have in a quote	present	the new boy	no manners		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient
3	eat in a quote	present	boy		like a pig and cos	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	slurp	present	boy	boy's soup		vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient
5	pass on	infinitive		soup		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 copy him slurping at lunch so he gets it

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	4 copy	obj
6	slurping	slurp	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 gets	csubj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slurping	obl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 gets	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gets	nsubj
11	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 copy	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	copy	imperative	you not said here	him = he		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	slurp	gerund			at lunch	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at lunch=Patient
3	get	present	he	lunch		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, and post a video of it

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 video	det
6	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 post	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 video	nmod

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

Option 3

Yes, everyone should know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, that's unkind gossip; quietly show him if he asks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 gossip	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 gossip	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 gossip	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gossip	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gossip	amod
6	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 show	punct
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	9 show	advmod
9	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 gossip	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 show	iobj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 asks	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 asks	nsubj
13	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 show	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	unkind gossip			tree rules
2	show	infinitive			him = he	quietly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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