Test 12 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

kids calling him names and saying it's just a joke

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, it · What happens: call, say, be · To what, where: him, joke · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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	root	root
2	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 kids	acl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 calling	obj
4	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 calling	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 saying	cc
6	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 calling	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 joke	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 joke	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 joke	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 joke	det
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call	gerund	kids not said here	him = he	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result
2	say speech: assert	gerund	kids not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	it	a joke	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

Ignore it forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Ignore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it				forever property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

If it hurts, it's not a joke; tell an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 hurts	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hurts	nsubj
3	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tell	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 joke	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 joke	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 joke	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 joke	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 joke	det
9	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurts	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 hurts	punct
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	hurt a condition, not said to happen	present	it			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
2	not is a	present	it	a joke		tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Join in so they leave you alone next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here				time		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	present	they	you				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

It's fine if they laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 laugh	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 laugh	nsubj
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	laugh a condition, not said to happen	present	they						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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