Test 16 · ★ · Feelings and calming down

Ruby says boys shouldn't cry. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, boys · What happens: say, not cry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 53 «Feelings and calming down» 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	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cry	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cry	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 cry	advmod
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cry	punct
8	right	right	INTJ	_	6 cry	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ruby						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not cry speech: express	should	boys						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Yes, it makes you weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	it	you				weak property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, unless someone is really badly hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 hurt	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 hurt	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 hurt	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux:pass
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 hurt	advmod
7	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	present · passive		someone				badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, everyone has feelings and crying is normal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 normal	csubj
5	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 crying	cc
7	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 has	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 normal	cop
9	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	everyone	feelings		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient
2	cry speech: express	gerund	everyone not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			normal property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, crying is only for girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 crying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 girls	amod
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 girls	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 girls	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 girls	case
7	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						for crying girls	tree rules

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