Test 5 · Jake and the head teacher

Kid in class: «ha, Jake's got a baby card to leave the room». What's the kind thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, kind thing · What happens: get, leave, be, do · To what, where: baby card, room

This is test 5 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» 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: Kid in class: «ha, Jake's got a baby card to leave the room».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Kid	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
6	ha	ha	INTJ	_	10 got	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ha	punct
8	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Kid	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 card	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 card	compound
13	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 leave	mark
15	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 got	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 leave	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Kid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	Jake	a baby card					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus
2	leave in a quote	to-infinitive	Jake not said here	the room					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

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 the kind thing to do?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kind thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the kind thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Take the card off him for a joke, he'll get it back later

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 card	det
3	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 joke	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Take	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
15	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the card				off him = he; for a joke	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent card=Theme off he=Source for joke=Beneficiary
2	get back	future	he	card				late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Laugh along with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	along	along	ADV	_	1 Laugh	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 them	case
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	imperative	you not said here					with them = they; along property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the teacher he doesn't need it any more

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 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 need	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 need	advmod
7	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 need	obj
9	any	any	ADV	_	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 need	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not need	present · do-support	teacher	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Don't tease him; using a calm card is smart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 tease	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 tease	advmod
3	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 tease	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 tease	punct
6	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 smart	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 card	det
8	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 card	amod
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 using	obj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 smart	cop
11	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tease	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not tease	imperative · do-support	you not said here	him = he		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	use	gerund		a calm card		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Patient
3	is	present	using		smart property	tree rules

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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