Test 18 · ★★ · Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants…

kids say the boy whose dog chased the lambs is "a sheep killer". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, dog, boy · What happens: say, chase, be, pass on · To what, where: lambs, sheep killer, dog · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 301 «Tsunami warnings, lambs, berries, thorns, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» 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	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur 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 killer	nsubj
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 dog	nmod:poss
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chased	nsubj
7	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lambs	det
9	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chased	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 killer	cop
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 killer	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 killer	det
13	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 killer	compound
14	killer	killer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 killer	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
17	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
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 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	chase	past	dog	the lambs	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	the boy	a sheep killer	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive		dog	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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a cruel rumour; just keep dogs on a lead near lambs

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rumour	det
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rumour	amod
7	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 rumour	conj
11	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 lead	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lead	det
14	lead	lead	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obl
15	near	near	ADP	_	16 lambs	case
16	lambs	lamb	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a cruel rumour					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive		dogs		a lead		near lambs	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dog=Theme on lead=Location

Option 2

Yes, it's true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, and tell the farmer his name and where he lives so he gets told off

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 farmer	det
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 name	nmod:poss
8	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	nsubj:pass
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 told	cc
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 lives	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lives	nsubj
12	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 told	csubj
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 told	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 told	nsubj
15	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 told	aux:pass
16	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 farmer	acl:relcl
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 told	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the farmer	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient
2	live	present	farmer			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell off speech: assert	present · passive		farmer's name		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	name		farmer			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, he's a sheep killer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

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