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Test 9 · ★★ · Nice alone, mean in a group

Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken». What's the advice?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, advice · What happens: say, stick, be, ken · To what, where: wi · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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: Lily's cousin says «stick wi' her when she's on her own, ken».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct
6	stick	stick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
7	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stick	obj
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	15 own	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 own	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 own	cop
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 own	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 own	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stick	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ken	punct
17	ken	ken	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 stick	parataxis
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 stick	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily's cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stick in a quote	infinitive		wi					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wi=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	cousin					own property	tree rules
4	ken in a quote	infinitive							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 the advice?

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	4 advice	det
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Join her group and be mean too, so she's nicer to you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 group	nmod:poss
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mean	cc
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 mean	cop
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Join	advcl
7	too	too	ADV	_	6 mean	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nicer	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 nicer	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 nicer	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 nicer	cop
12	nicer	nice	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Join	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 nicer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join	imperative	you not said here	her group					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Patient
2	is	infinitive	you not said here					mean property	tree rules
3	is	present	she		you			nice property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Enjoy her alone but don't trust the group version

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enjoy	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Enjoy	obj
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Enjoy	advmod
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 trust	cc
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 trust	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 trust	advmod
7	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Enjoy	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 version	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 version	compound
10	version	version	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enjoy	imperative	you not said here	her = she				alone property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	not trust	infinitive · do-support	you not said here	the group version					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent version=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her mum about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her mum			about her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about she=Topic

Option 4

Never see her again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 see	advmod
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 see	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	2 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	imperative	you not said here	her = she			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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