Test 19 · Sun safety

Liam's got a big red sunburn and people are calling him Lobster, should i say it too

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, people, i · What happens: get, call, say · To what, where: big red sunburn, Liam, sunburn · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 say	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sunburn	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sunburn	amod
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sunburn	amod
7	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 calling	cc
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 calling	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 calling	aux
11	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 got	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 calling	obj
13	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 calling	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 say	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 say	nsubj
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 say	obj
19	too	too	ADV	_	17 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	present · passive	Liam	a big red sunburn	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunburn=Stimulus
2	call	present · progressive	people	Liam	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme lobster=Result
3	say speech: assert	should	i	sunburn	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so he remembers to wear sunscreen next time he goes outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 remembers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 remembers	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 remembers	nsubj
5	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 wear	mark
7	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 remembers	xcomp
8	sunscreen	sunscreen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	obj
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	obl:unmarked
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 goes	nsubj
12	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 time	acl:relcl
13	outside	outside	ADV	_	12 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	he				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	wear	to-infinitive	he not said here	sunscreen	time		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunscreen=Source
3	go	present	he	next time not said here		outside property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme

Option 2

Yes, because it is only a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 joke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 joke	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 joke	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 joke	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 joke	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 joke	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 joke	det
8	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a joke					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, nicknames about his skin are unkind, and sunburn hurts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	nicknames	nickname	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 unkind	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 skin	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 skin	nmod:poss
6	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nicknames	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unkind	cop
8	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hurts	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hurts	cc
11	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hurts	nsubj
12	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unkind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	nicknames about his skin					unkind property	tree rules
2	hurt	present	sunburn						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, but only when he cannot hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 hear	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 hear	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 hear	advmod
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 hear	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hear	advmod
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	he						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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