Test 22 · Friends, teams and fair play

Ava n Zoe "not speaking" cos they both like the same boy

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: not speak, like · To what, where: same boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 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	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 speaking	compound
2	n	n	ADV	_	3 Zoe	advmod
3	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ava	conj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 speaking	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 speaking	advmod
6	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 speaking	punct
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 like	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 like	nsubj
10	both	both	ADV	_	11 like	advmod
11	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 speaking	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boy	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boy	amod
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other in a quote	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	like	present	they	the same boy				both property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot boy=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

They have lost their voices

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 lost	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 voices	nmod:poss
5	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · perfect	They	their voices					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality

Option 2

It means they should fight to win him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fight	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fight	aux
5	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 win	mark
7	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fight	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fight	should	they		vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	win	to-infinitive	they not said here	him = he	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They both have a crush on the same boy; stay friends with both and do not take sides

The tree, 18 words

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 have	nsubj
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crush	det
5	crush	crush	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 boy	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boy	amod
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crush	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 stay	punct
11	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 have	conj
12	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stay	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 both	case
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 stay	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 take	cc
16	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 take	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 take	advmod
18	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 stay	conj
19	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	a crush	on the same boy	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crush=Patient
2	stay	infinitive	They not said here	friends	with both	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme friend=Location
3	not take	infinitive · do-support	They not said here	sides		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell the boy so he can choose one of them, and then everyone can stop arguing about it

The tree, 18 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 choose	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 choose	aux
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 choose	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 one	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stop	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stop	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 stop	advmod
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 stop	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 stop	aux
16	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
17	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 stop	xcomp
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 arguing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the boy			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient clause=Topic
2	choose	can	boy	one of them				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
3	stop	can	everyone			then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	argue speech: disagree	gerund	everyone not said here				about it	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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