Test 8 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

Some children laugh when a new boy says words with a Scottish accent. Which is TRUE?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: children, new boy · What happens: laugh, say, be · To what, where: words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Some children laugh when a new boy says words with a Scottish accent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laugh	nsubj
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 says	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	advcl
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 says	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 accent	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 accent	det
12	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 accent	amod
13	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 words	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laugh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	some children						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	a new boy	words				with a Scottish accent	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme with accent=Manner

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.

Sentence 2: Which is TRUE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 TRUE	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Accents are funny, so laughing is fine as long as he laughs too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accents	accent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 funny	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 funny	cop
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 fine	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 funny	conj
9	as	as	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 fine	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 laughs	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 laughs	nsubj
13	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	advcl
14	too	too	ADV	_	13 laughs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Accents	funny property	tree rules
2	laugh	gerund			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present		fine, long property	tree rules
4	laugh	present	he		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is only teasing if he cries

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	4 teasing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 teasing	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 teasing	advmod
4	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 cries	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cries	nsubj
7	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 teasing	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	It						vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mocking an accent is unkind, and you can stand up for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 unkind	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 accent	det
3	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mocking	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stand	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stand	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 stand	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stand	aux
10	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unkind	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 stand	compound:prt
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mock	gerund		a accent		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme
2	is	present	Mocking		unkind property	tree rules
3	stand up	can	you		for him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He should change the way he talks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 change	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	aux
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 talks	nsubj
7	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	should	He	the way					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	talk	present	he	the way not said here					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent way=Patient

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