Test 20 · Friends, teams and fair play

my best mate says she's "got a crush" on Leo n told me not to tell

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: best mate, mate, Leo · What happens: say, be, tell, not tell · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 mate	amod
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 got	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 got	cop
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 got	punct
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crush	det
10	crush	crush	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 crush	punct
12	on	on	SCONJ	_	15 told	mark
13	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 told	nsubj
14	n	N	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Leo	flat
15	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 got	advcl
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 told	iobj
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 tell	advmod
18	to	to	PART	_	19 tell	mark
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my best mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	mate		get property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	past	Leo	me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
4	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Leo not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Tell Leo at once so he knows, and tell the rest of the class too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 once	case
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Tell	obl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 knows	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 knows	nsubj
7	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
10	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 class	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 class	det
15	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rest	nmod
16	too	too	ADV	_	10 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Leo	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leo=Recipient
2	know	present	Leo			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	the rest of the class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She likes Leo in a special way; it is her secret, so keep it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 likes	nsubj
2	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 likes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 way	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 secret	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 secret	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 secret	cop
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 secret	nmod:poss
12	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 likes	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 keep	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 keep	advmod
15	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 likes	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	like	present	She	Leo	a special way	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot leo=Theme
2	is a	present	way	Leo's secret		tree rules
3	keep	infinitive		way		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

She hurt Leo, so tell the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurt	nsubj
2	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hurt	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hurt	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teacher	det
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	She	Leo					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leo=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	She not said here		the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 4

She wants to beat Leo in a race

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 beat	mark
4	beat	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 race	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 race	det
8	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	beat not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	Leo				in a race	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent leo=Patient in race=Topic

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