Test 19 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

Noah couldn't lift the box in PE and the big kids called him weak, gonna tell everyone lol

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, big kids · What happens: not lift, call, tell · To what, where: box, PE, Noah, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» 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	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lift	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lift	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 lift	advmod
4	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lift	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 PE	case
8	PE	PE	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lift	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 called	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kids	det
11	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kids	amod
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 called	nsubj
13	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lift	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 called	obj
15	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 called	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
17	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	18 tell	dep
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lift	conj
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 tell	iobj
20	lol	lol	INTJ	_	18 tell	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not lift	could	Noah	the box		PE		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent box=Theme in pe=Destination
2	call	past	the big kids		Noah		weak property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Noah not said here		everyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, asking for help with a heavy load is sensible, and mocking him is unkind

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 sensible	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 sensible	csubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 help	case
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 load	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 load	det
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 load	amod
9	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asking	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sensible	cop
11	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 unkind	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 unkind	cc
14	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 unkind	csubj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mocking	obj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 unkind	cop
17	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sensible	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			for help; with a heavy load	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	asking		sensible property	tree rules
3	mock	gerund		him = he		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
4	is	present	mocking		unkind property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, since being strong matters most at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 matters	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 matters	punct
3	since	since	SCONJ	_	5 strong	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 strong	cop
5	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 matters	nsubj
6	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 matters	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						strong property	tree rules
2	matter	present	strong			school			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, but only to the kids in his team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 kids	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 kids	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 kids	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 kids	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 team	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 team	nmod:poss
10	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kids	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because he should have lifted it alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 lifted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lifted	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 lifted	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lifted	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 lifted	aux
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 lifted	aux
7	lifted	lift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lifted	obj
9	alone	alone	ADV	_	7 lifted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	should · perfect	he	it				alone property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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