Test 19 · Hiking and the outdoors

Ella got a tick and someone's saying she's dirty and has bugs, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, someone · What happens: get, say, be, have, pass on · To what, where: tick, bugs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tick	det
4	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 saying	cc
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 saying	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 saying	aux
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 got	conj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dirty	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dirty	cop
11	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 saying	ccomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 has	cc
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dirty	conj
14	bugs	bug	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 has	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pass	punct
16	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pass	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	16 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	past	Ella	a tick		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tick=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Ella		dirty property	tree rules
4	have	present	Ella not said here	bugs		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Patient
5	pass on	present	Ella not said here	tick		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.

The options

Option 1

Pass it on, so nobody sits near her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sits	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 sits	advmod
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 sits	nsubj
7	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	near	near	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	sit	present	nobody					near her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near she=Location

Option 2

Pass it on, and say her whole family has them and their house is full of bugs

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 family	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 say	ccomp
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 has	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 full	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 house	nmod:poss
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 full	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 full	cop
16	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 has	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 bugs	case
18	bugs	bug	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	present	her whole family	them = they		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	is	present	their house		of bugs; full property	tree rules

Option 3

Pass it on, because ticks prove it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 prove	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 prove	mark
6	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 prove	nsubj
7	prove	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 prove	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	prove	present	ticks	it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Do not pass it on; ticks bite anyone in long grass, and the rumour is cruel

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 bite	punct
7	ticks	tick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bite	nsubj
8	bite	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	advcl
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 bite	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 grass	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grass	amod
12	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 anyone	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cruel	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cruel	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rumour	det
16	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cruel	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cruel	cop
18	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pass	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	bite	present	ticks	anyone	long grass		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient in grass=Location
3	is	present	the rumour			cruel property	tree rules

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