Test 19 · ★★ · Weather emergencies

everyone's saying the Garcias lost everything in the flood cos they were too dumb to leave, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, Garcias, they · What happens: say, lose, be, leave, pass on · To what, where: everything, flood, Garcias · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 48 «Weather emergencies» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Garcias	det
5	Garcias	Garcias	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 lost	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 flood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flood	det
10	flood	flood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	15 dumb	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dumb	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dumb	cop
14	too	too	ADV	_	15 dumb	advmod
15	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 leave	mark
17	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 dumb	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pass	punct
19	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 pass	obj
21	on	on	ADP	_	19 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past	the Garcias	everything	the flood		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality
3	is	past	they			dumb property	tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive	they not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	pass on	infinitive	everyone not said here	Garcias			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 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, and say they were warned three times and just laughed about it

The tree, 15 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warned	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 warned	aux:pass
9	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 say	ccomp
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 warned	obl:unmarked
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 laughed	cc
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 laughed	advmod
14	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 warned	conj
15	about	about	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 laughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	warn speech: warn	past · passive		they	time		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
4	laugh	past				about it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Pass it on, since everyone knows anyway

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 knows	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	7 knows	mark
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	7 knows	advmod

#	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	know	present	everyone					anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; it is cruel, and they need kindness after a disaster

The tree, 15 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	_	9 cruel	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cruel	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cruel	cop
9	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pass	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 need	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 need	nsubj
13	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	parataxis
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 need	obj
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 disaster	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 disaster	det
17	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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	is	present	it			cruel property	tree rules
3	need	present	they	kindness	after a disaster		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kindness=Theme

Option 4

Pass it on, because it is a lesson

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	_	9 lesson	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 lesson	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lesson	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lesson	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pass	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	is a	present	it	a lesson					tree rules

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