Test 2 · ★ · Rival teams and the older bully

Kieran: «if I tell, he'll batter me, so I'll just keep paying, it's only a quid». Wise?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Kieran, it, you · What happens: tell, batter, keep, pay, be, wise · To what, where: me, quid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 472 «Rival teams and the older bully» 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: Kieran: «if I tell, he'll batter me, so I'll just keep paying, it's only a quid».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 batter	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 batter	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 tell	mark
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 tell	nsubj
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 batter	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 batter	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 batter	aux
10	batter	batter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Kieran	parataxis
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 batter	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keep	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 keep	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 keep	nsubj
15	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 keep	aux
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 keep	advmod
17	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 batter	conj
18	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 keep	xcomp
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 quid	punct
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 quid	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 quid	cop
22	only	only	ADV	_	24 quid	advmod
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 quid	det
24	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 batter	parataxis
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 quid	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Kieran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	I		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	batter in a quote	future	Kieran	me	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Instrument
3	keep in a quote	future	I		tree rules
4	pay in a quote	gerund	I not said here		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	is a in a quote	present	it	a quid	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: Wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wise	wise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wise	imperative	you not said here						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No, tell an adult now, threats for money are serious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 tell	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 threats	punct
8	threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 serious	nsubj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threats	nmod
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 serious	cop
12	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult		now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is	present	threats for money					serious property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, paying a quid a day keeps you safe for ever and ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 paying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 paying	punct
3	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 keeps	csubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quid	det
5	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obl:unmarked
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 keeps	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keeps	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 ever	case
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 safe	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ever	cc
14	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 safe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	gerund		a quid			day		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quid=Asset
2	keep	present	paying	you				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

Yes, a quid doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 matter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 quid	det
4	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	a quid						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

No, bring a bigger kid to fight him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 bring	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bring	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fight	mark
8	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bring	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fight	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here		a bigger kid				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument kid=Destination
2	fight	to-infinitive	you not said here	kid					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent

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