Test 20 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted
older kids dare you: "go ask the dinner lady if she's got a boyfriend lol" — what's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: older kids, she · What happens: dare, go, ask, get, be · To what, where: you, dinner lady, boyfriend lol · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dare | nsubj |
| 3 | dare | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 dare | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 dare | parataxis |
| 8 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 go | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lady | det |
| 10 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lady | compound |
| 11 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 got | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 got | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 got | aux |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 go | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 lol | det |
| 17 | boyfriend | boyfriend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lol | compound |
| 18 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 15 got | obj |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 got | punct |
| 20 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 right | punct |
| 21 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 right | nsubj |
| 22 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 right | cop |
| 23 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dare | parataxis |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 dare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | present | older kids | you | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | infinitive | the dinner lady | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask in a quote | infinitive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present · passive | she | a boyfriend lol | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lol=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
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
Say no; it's rude and her private life is not a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Say | discourse |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 rude | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rude | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 rude | cop |
| 6 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 joke | cc |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 life | nmod:poss |
| 9 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 life | amod |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 joke | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 joke | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 joke | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 joke | det |
| 14 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rude | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | her private life | a joke | tree rules |
Option 2
Write it on a note and leave it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Write | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 note | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 note | det |
| 5 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 leave | cc |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | a note | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on note=Destination | |||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | you not said here | note | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Do it, a dare is a dare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dare | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dare | det |
| 5 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dare | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dare | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dare | det |
| 8 | dare | dare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a dare | a dare | tree rules |
Option 4
Ask her husband instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | husband | her = she | instead property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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