Test 17 · Manners and kindness

everyone's saying the new girl's rude cos she didn't say thank you when Ms Lee gave her the book

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, girl, Ms · What happens: say, not say, thank, give · To what, where: rude cos, you, book, girl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 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	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	6 girl	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 girl	amod
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cos	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 girl	case
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cos	amod
9	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 say	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 say	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 say	advmod
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cos	acl:relcl
14	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	parataxis
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 thank	obj
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 gave	advmod
17	Ms	Ms	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 gave	nsubj
18	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Ms	flat
19	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thank	advcl
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gave	iobj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 book	det
22	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	the new girl's rude cos		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cos=Topic
2	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	girl	the new girl's rude cos not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cos=Topic
3	thank speech: thank	infinitive			you	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
4	give	past	Ms	the book	girl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient book=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 · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; she may be shy or new, and labelling her is unkind

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 spread	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 shy	punct
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 shy	nsubj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 shy	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 shy	cop
9	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spread	parataxis
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 new	cc
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shy	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 unkind	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 unkind	cc
14	labelling	labell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 unkind	csubj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 labelling	obj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 unkind	cop
17	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	may	she		shy property	tree rules
3	be		she not said here			tree rules
4	labell	gerund		her = she		tree rules
5	is	present	labelling		unkind property	tree rules

Option 2

Spread it, and say she was rude twice and rolled her eyes at Ms Lee

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rude	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rude	cop
8	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 rude	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rolled	cc
11	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rolled	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 Lee	case
15	Ms	Ms	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Lee	compound
16	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	she			rude, twice property	tree rules
4	roll	past	you not said here	her eyes	Ms Lee		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at lee=Trajectory

Option 3

Spread it, so she learns manners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learns	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 learns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	learn	present	she	manners					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Topic

Option 4

Spread it, because one time proves it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proves	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 proves	mark
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 time	nummod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proves	nsubj
7	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 proves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	prove	present	one time	it					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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