Test 18 · ★ · Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills

did u hear a kid got a bad maths mark and said "I'm just thick, I'll never get it", and the teacher made him stay in. lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, teacher · What happens: hear, get, say, be, not get, make · To what, where: lesson, bad maths mark, mark, kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 307 «Marks, group work, help at school and learning new skills» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mark	det
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mark	amod
9	maths	maths	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mark	compound
10	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 thick	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 thick	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 thick	cop
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 thick	advmod
17	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 said	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 get	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 get	nsubj
20	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 get	aux
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 get	advmod
22	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 thick	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 get	obj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 get	punct
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 made	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 made	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 teacher	det
28	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 made	nsubj
29	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 made	obj
31	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 made	xcomp
32	in	in	ADP	_	31 stay	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
34	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
35	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	get	past	a kid	a bad maths mark		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	past	a kid not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	a kid = kid		thick property	tree rules
5	not get in a quote	future	a kid = kid	mark		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
6	make	past	the teacher	kid		tree rules
7	stay in	infinitive	kid not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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

A low mark means you'll always be bad at that subject, whatever you do

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mark	det
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mark	amod
3	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 bad	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 bad	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 bad	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 bad	cop
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 subject	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 subject	det
12	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bad	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 whatever	punct
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 means	obj
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 do	nsubj
16	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a low mark	whatever			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=Topic
2	is	future	you		that subject	always, bad property	tree rules
3	do	present	you				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Marks never change over time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 change	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 change	advmod
3	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 time	case
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not change	present	Marks				time		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only clever kids improve at maths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 clever	advmod
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 improve	nsubj
4	improve	improve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 maths	case
6	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 improve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	improve	present	clever kids			maths			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

A low mark shows what to practise next, not how clever you are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mark	det
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mark	amod
3	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 practise	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 practise	mark
7	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 shows	xcomp
8	next	next	ADV	_	7 practise	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 clever	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 clever	advmod
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 clever	advmod
12	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 practise	conj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 clever	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 clever	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	show	present	a low mark		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	practise	to-infinitive	a low mark not said here	next property	tree rules
3	not is	present	you	clever property	tree rules

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