Test 17 · Friends, teams and fair play

they're saying Ruby got left out of the party on purpose cos she's annoying, pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, Ruby · What happens: say, leave out, be, pass on · To what, where: Ruby, party, purpose · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 saying	ccomp
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 party	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 party	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 party	det
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 annoying	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 annoying	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 annoying	cop
16	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 pass	punct
18	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 pass	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	18 pass	compound:prt
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	they				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave out	past · passive		Ruby	the party	on purpose	tree rules
3	is	present	Ruby			annoying property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	they not said here	purpose			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

Yes, so she knows why

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 knows	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	she						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No; spreading it would hurt her more, and leaving her out was unkind

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 spreading	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 unkind	csubj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hurt	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 spreading	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hurt	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 hurt	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 leaving	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leaving	cc
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 spreading	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 leaving	obj
13	out	out	ADP	_	11 leaving	compound:prt
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 unkind	cop
15	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	gerund				tree rules
2	hurt	would	it	her = she		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient
3	leave out	gerund		her = she		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4	is	past	spreading		unkind property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, because it is true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 true	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 true	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 true	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 true	cop
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, and add who else was invited so she knows who doesn't like her

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 invited	nsubj:pass
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 who	advmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 invited	aux:pass
8	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 add	ccomp
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 knows	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 add	advcl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 like	nsubj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 like	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 like	advmod
15	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 knows	ccomp
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	invite	past · passive			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
3	know	present	she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	not like	present · do-support		her = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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