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Test 9 · ★ · The friend with a PS6

Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him. Another says «leave it». Who did the kinder thing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mason, one kid, Another · What happens: not show, keep, tease, say, leave, do · To what, where: phone, kid, kinder thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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: Mason never shows the phone, and one kid keeps teasing him.

nsubjadvmoddetobjpunctccnummodnsubjconjxcompobjpunctrootMasonPROPNneverADVshowsVERBtheDETphoneNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJoneNUMkidNOUNkeepsVERBteasingVERBhimPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MasonMasonPROPNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 showsadvmod
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 phonedet
5phonephoneNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
6,,PUNCT_10 keepspunct
7andandCCONJ_10 keepscc
8oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 kidnummod
9kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing10 keepsnsubj
10keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 showsconj
11teasingteaseVERBVerbForm=Ger10 keepsxcomp
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 teasingobj
13..PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not showpresentMasonthe phonevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent phone=Recipient
2keeppresentone kidtree rules
3teasegerundone kid not said herekidvn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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: Another says «leave it».

nsubjpunctccompobjpunctpunctrootAnotherPRONsaysVERB«PUNCTleaveVERBitPRON»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnotheranotherPRONPronType=Ind2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3««PUNCT_4 leavepunct
4leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 saysccomp
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 leaveobj
6»»PUNCT_4 leavepunct
7..PUNCT_2 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentAnothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2leave in a quoteinfinitivephonevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Sentence 3: Who did the kinder thing?

nsubjdetamodobjpunctrootWhoPRONdidVERBtheDETkinderADJthingNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel2 didnsubj
2diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 thingdet
4kinderkindADJDegree=Cmp5 thingamod
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing2 didobj
6??PUNCT_2 didpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopastthe kinder thingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

The one who kept teasing

detnsubjacl:relclxcomprootTheDEToneNOUNwhoPRONkeptVERBteasingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 onedet
2oneoneNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3whowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 keptnsubj
4keptkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 oneacl:relcl
5teasingteaseVERBVerbForm=Ger4 keptxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppastthe onetree rules
2teasegerundthe one not said herevn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Neither, they should check his bag

advmodpunctnsubjauxnmod:possobjrootNeitherADV,PUNCTtheyPRONshouldAUXcheckVERBhisPRONbagNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeitherneitherADV_5 checkadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Neitherpunct
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 checknsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 checkaux
5checkcheckVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 bagnmod:poss
7bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing5 checkobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkshouldtheyhis bagneither propertyvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 3

Both did the same

nsubjdetobjrootBothDETdidVERBtheDETsameADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BothbothDETPronType=Tot2 didnsubj
2diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 samedet
4samesameADJDegree=Pos2 didobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopastBoththe samevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality

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

The one who said «leave it»

detnsubjacl:relclpunctccompobjpunctrootTheDEToneNOUNwhoPRONsaidVERB«PUNCTleaveVERBitPRON»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 onedet
2oneoneNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3whowhoPRONPronType=Rel4 saidnsubj
4saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 oneacl:relcl
5««PUNCT_6 leavepunct
6leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Inf4 saidccomp
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 leaveobj
8»»PUNCT_6 leavepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpastthe onevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2leave in a quoteinfinitiveitvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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