Test 3 · ★★★ · Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»

Ryan: «I'm gonna sort that Connor kid out after school». What's wisest?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, that · What happens: be, kid out · To what, where: gonna sort

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 379 «Maddie's nose and Connor's «equality»» 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: Ryan: «I'm gonna sort that Connor kid out after school».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 sort	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 sort	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 sort	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sort	cop
6	gonna	gonna	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sort	amod
7	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ryan	appos
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 kid	nsubj
9	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 kid	compound
10	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sort	conj
11	out	out	ADV	_	10 kid	advmod
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kid	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 kid	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ryan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	I	gonna sort and Connor kid					tree rules
2	kid out in a quote		that				after school	out 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.

Sentence 2: What's wisest?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wisest	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wisest	cop
3	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wisest	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Do it, somebody has to stand up to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stand	mark
7	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 has	xcomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 stand	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	have	present	somebody			tree rules
3	stand up	to-infinitive	somebody not said here		him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Get his mates to do it so he doesn't get caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mates	nmod:poss
3	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Get	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 do	mark
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 do	obj
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 caught	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 caught	nsubj:pass
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 caught	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 caught	advmod
11	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 caught	aux:pass
12	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	his mates	tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	his mates not said here	it	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	not catch	present · passive · do-support		he	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Do it, but only on the way home so the teachers don't see

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 way	cc
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 way	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obl:unmarked
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	15 see	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teachers	det
12	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 see	nsubj
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 see	advmod
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it		the way			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	not see	present · do-support	the teachers						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't, revenge makes it worse; let the school deal with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Do	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct
4	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	parataxis
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 makes	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Do	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 deal	det
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 deal	compound
12	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 let	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 deal	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not do	imperative	you not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	revenge	it	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
3	let	infinitive	you not said here	the school deal	with revenge	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Theme

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