Test 20 · ★ · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework
kids say the girl who got caught copying an essay "is a cheat and always has been". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, girl · What happens: say, catch, copy, be, have, pass on · To what, where: girl, essay, cheat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cheat | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 caught | aux:pass |
| 7 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 girl | acl:relcl |
| 8 | copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 caught | xcomp |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 essay | det |
| 10 | essay | essay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 copying | obj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 copying | punct |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 cheat | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cheat | det |
| 14 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | ccomp |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 always | cc |
| 16 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 14 cheat | advmod |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 always | ccomp |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 " | cop |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 21 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 pass | obj |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 pass | compound:prt |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | kids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | catch | past · passive | the girl | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | copy | gerund | a essay | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent essay=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | the girl | a cheat | always property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | have in a quote | present | the girl not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | pass on | infinitive | essay | 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
Yes, and tell her parents
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 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her parents | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
Option 2
Yes, she's a cheat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 cheat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cheat | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cheat | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cheat | det |
| 6 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a cheat | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, don't spread it; just write in your own words yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 spread | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 spread | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 spread | advmod |
| 5 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spread | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 write | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 write | advmod |
| 9 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 spread | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 words | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 words | nmod:poss |
| 12 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 words | amod |
| 13 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 write | obl |
| 14 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spread | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | write | infinitive | you not said here | yourself | your own words | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in word=Destination | |||
| 3 | word | your | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
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 |
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