Test 14 · Manners and kindness

everyone laughs when i copy the new kid's accent, it's banter

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, i, accent, new kid · What happens: laugh, copy, be, accent · To what, where: accent, banter

This is test 14 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	2 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 copy	advmod
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 copy	nsubj
5	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 laughs	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kid	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kid	amod
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 accent	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 kid	case
10	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 copy	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 banter	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 banter	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 banter	cop
14	banter	banter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	present	everyone		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	copy	present	i	the new kid's accent	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Theme
3	is a	present	accent	banter	tree rules
4	accent		the new kid		nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Do it once more then stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stop	advcl
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 more	advmod
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Do	advmod
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 stop	advmod
6	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	infinitive	you not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	stop	imperative	you not said here				then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Stop, it hurts him even if others laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hurts	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurts	nsubj
4	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurts	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	9 laugh	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 laugh	mark
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 laugh	nsubj
9	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	hurt	present	it	him = he	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
3	laugh a condition, not said to happen	present	others		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Keep going, he will get used to it in the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 used	aux
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 used	aux:pass
7	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 used	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here			in the end	tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	use	future · passive		he	it		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Do it only when he cannot hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Do	obj
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 hear	advmod
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hear	advmod
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	not hear	can	he						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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