Test 17 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…

a girl boasts "my boyfriend's 15 and he bought me a phone, mine's better than yours". what's worth saying to a trusted adult?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, boyfriend · What happens: boast, buy, be, say, trust · To what, where: 15, phone, girl, trusted adult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 320 «Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a person, bullying, saying no, comparing yourself online, pocket money and curiosity» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boasts	nsubj
3	boasts	boast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 15	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 boyfriend	nmod:poss
6	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 15	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 boyfriend	case
8	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 boasts	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bought	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bought	nsubj
11	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boasts	conj
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 bought	iobj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 phone	det
14	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bought	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 better	punct
16	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 better	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 better	cop
18	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boasts	parataxis
19	than	than	ADP	_	20 yours	case
20	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 better	obl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 better	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 worth	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 worth	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 worth	cop
25	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boasts	parataxis
26	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 worth	xcomp
27	to	to	ADP	_	30 adult	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 adult	det
29	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 adult	amod
30	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 saying	obl
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 boasts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	present	a girl	my boyfriend's 15			vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy in a quote	past	boyfriend	a phone	a girl = girl		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary phone=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	a girl = girl			than yours; good property	tree rules
4	is	present				worth property	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	gerund			a trusted adult		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to adult=Recipient
6	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Tell her your boyfriend is 16

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 boyfriend	nmod:poss
4	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 16	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 16	cop
6	16	16	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a	present	your boyfriend	16					tree rules

Option 2

Ask her if her boyfriend has a friend with a spare phone for you too

The tree, 15 words

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 boyfriend	nmod:poss
5	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 friend	det
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 phone	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 phone	det
11	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 phone	amod
12	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friend	nmod
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 phone	nmod
15	too	too	ADV	_	6 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	her boyfriend	a friend				with a spare phone for you	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

Option 3

Nothing, she's just lucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 lucky	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lucky	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lucky	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 lucky	advmod
6	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					lucky property	tree rules

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

An older boy giving big presents to a young girl is a worry to tell an adult

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 boy	amod
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worry	nsubj
4	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 boy	acl
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 presents	amod
6	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 giving	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 girl	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 girl	det
9	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 girl	amod
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 giving	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 worry	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 worry	det
13	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 tell	mark
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 worry	acl
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	give	gerund	a older boy not said here	big presents	a young girl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent present=Theme to girl=Recipient
2	is a	present	a older boy	a worry		tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

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