Test 18 · ★ · Interrupting, boasting, your own story, losing a pet or a…

your friend whispers "my mum says my dad's got a new family now and won't visit" and starts crying. what's right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, mum, dad · What happens: whisper, say, get, not visit, start, cry · To what, where: new family · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	nsubj
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 whispers	conj
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 got	aux
11	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 says	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 family	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 family	amod
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj
15	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 got	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 visit	cc
17	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 visit	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 visit	advmod
19	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 got	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 visit	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 starts	cc
22	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 whispers	conj
23	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 starts	xcomp
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 right	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 right	cop
27	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 whispers	parataxis
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	your friend				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	present · passive	my dad	a new family	now		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus
4	not visit in a quote	future	my dad not said here				vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	start	present	your friend not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
6	cry speech: express	gerund	your friend not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	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

Tell her that's weird and laugh

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	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 weird	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weird	cop
5	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 laugh	cc
7	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weird	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	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	present	that		weird property	tree rules
3	laugh	present	that not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Tell the class so they all know and can be nice to her about it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 class	det
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 know	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 know	advmod
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 nice	cc
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 nice	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 nice	cop
11	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 know	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 nice	obl
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 nice	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the class			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	know	present	they				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	can	they not said here		her = she	about class; nice property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Ask lots of questions about the new family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 questions	case
4	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lots	nmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 family	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	lots of questions				about the new family	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent lot=Recipient about family=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Listen, be kind, keep it private, and say she can talk to a trusted adult

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Listen	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Listen	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 say	cc
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Listen	conj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 talk	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 talk	aux
14	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 say	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 adult	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 adult	det
17	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 adult	amod
18	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	listen	imperative	you not said here			vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	is	infinitive	you not said here		kind property	tree rules
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	it	private property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	talk	can	she		to a trusted adult	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to adult=Co-Agent
6	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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