Test 18 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

kids say the boy who pushed in at the checkout "is a thief, he nicks stuff". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, boy · What happens: say, push in, be, nick, pass on · To what, where: thief, stuff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» 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 thief	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 pushed	nsubj
6	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boy	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 pushed	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 checkout	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 checkout	det
10	checkout	checkout	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pushed	obl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 checkout	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 thief	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thief	det
14	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 nicks	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 nicks	nsubj
17	nicks	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 say	parataxis
18	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nicks	obj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 nicks	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct
21	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
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	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	push in	past	the boy		at the checkout	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at checkout=Theme
3	is a in a quote	present	the boy	a thief		tree rules
4	nick in a quote	present	boy	stuff		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient
5	pass on	infinitive		stuff		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, he's a thief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, that's a made-up rumour; don't spread it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 rumour	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rumour	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 rumour	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 rumour	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rumour	det
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 rumour	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 made	compound:prt
9	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 spread	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 spread	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 spread	advmod
13	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rumour	acl:relcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make up	participle			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	that	a made rumour	tree rules
3	not spread	infinitive · do-support	a made rumour not said here	rumour	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, and tell the shop

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 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	the shop					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, everyone should be warned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 warned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 warned	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 warned	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 warned	aux:pass
6	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	should · passive		everyone					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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