Test 18 · ★ · Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates

kids say the family that doesn't do Christmas "must hate fun". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, family · What happens: say, not do, hate, pass on · To what, where: family, fun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 309 «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates» 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 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hate	nsubj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 do	obj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 do	advmod
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 family	acl:relcl
9	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 do	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hate	aux
12	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
13	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hate	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 hate	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
16	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pass	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	16 pass	compound:prt
19	?	?	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 clause=Topic
2	not do	present · do-support		the family	tree rules
3	hate in a quote	must	the family	fun	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus
4	pass on	infinitive		fun	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

Yes, and invite everyone but them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 invite	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 invite	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 invite	cc
4	invite	invite	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 invite	obj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 them	cc
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 invite	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, families' choices deserve respect; don't spread it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 deserve	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 deserve	punct
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 choices	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 families	case
5	choices	choice	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deserve	nsubj
6	deserve	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deserve	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 spread	punct
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 spread	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 spread	advmod
11	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 deserve	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deserve	present	families's choices	respect					tree rules
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	families's choices not said here	respect					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, and ask them in front of the class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ask	iobj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 front	case
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 class	det
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		them = they	front of the class			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, they hate fun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hate	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hate	nsubj
4	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	they	fun					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus

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