Test 9 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities

teacher said ur great at drawing! what do i say

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, i · What happens: say, draw · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» 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	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 great	nmod:poss
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	xcomp
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 drawing	mark
6	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 great	advcl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 say	obj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	teacher	great property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	draw	gerund	teacher not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present · do-support	i		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Say you're the best in the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 best	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 best	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Say	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 best	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you			the school		good property	tree rules

Option 2

Say no you're not, you're rubbish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 not	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 not	cop
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rubbish	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 rubbish	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rubbish	cop
9	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	you	rubbish					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say thank you and leave it there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thank	compound
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 thank	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 leave	cc
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thank	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	thank speech: thank	present		you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	leave	infinitive	it		there	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Ask her why she didn't say it before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 say	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 say	advmod
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	obj
9	before	before	ADV	_	7 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	she	it				before property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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