Test 11 · ★ · Speaking up is bravery too
You saw someone getting hit in the toilets but you're scared to say it out loud. What's a good option?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, good option · What happens: see, get, hit, be, say out · To what, where: someone, toilets, it
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 368 «Speaking up is bravery too» 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: You saw someone getting hit in the toilets but you're scared to say it out loud.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 someone | acl |
| 5 | hit | hit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 getting | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 toilets | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 toilets | det |
| 8 | toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hit | obl |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 scared | cc |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 scared | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 scared | cop |
| 12 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 saw | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 say | mark |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 scared | xcomp |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 say | obj |
| 16 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 say | compound:prt |
| 17 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 14 say | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | You | someone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | hit | participle | the toilets | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is | present | you | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | say out speech: assert | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | loud property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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: What's a good option?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 option | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 option | amod |
| 5 | option | option | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good option | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Post about it online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Post | nmod |
| 4 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Post | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Write it in the worry box or tell a teacher privately
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 box | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 box | det |
| 5 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 box | compound |
| 6 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Write | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 tell | cc |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Write | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | obj |
| 11 | privately | privately | ADV | _ | 8 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | the worry box | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in box=Destination | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a teacher | privately property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
Option 3
Do nothing, and maybe it'll stop on its own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 stop | advcl |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stop | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stop | cc |
| 5 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 own | case |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 own | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | infinitive | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stop | future | it | its own | maybe property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Go and tell the bully you saw him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 tell | cc |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bully | det |
| 5 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | obj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bully | acl:relcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the bully | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bully=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | see | past | you | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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