Test 18 · ★ · Feelings and calming down

my mate says boys aren't allowed to cry, it's weak

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, boys · What happens: say, not allow, cry, be · To what, where: boys · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 allowed	aux:pass
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 allowed	advmod
7	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cry	mark
9	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 allowed	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 weak	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 weak	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 weak	cop
13	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not allow	present · passive		boys		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express not said to happen	to-infinitive	boys not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	mate		weak property	tree rules

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

He is right, boys should hide sadness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hide	punct
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hide	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hide	aux
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
8	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	hide	should	boys	sadness					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient

Option 2

He is right, crying only makes your sad feelings worse and lasts much longer

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 makes	punct
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 makes	csubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 makes	advmod
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feelings	nmod:poss
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feelings	amod
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 makes	obj
11	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 makes	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 lasts	cc
13	lasts	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
14	much	much	ADV	_	15 longer	advmod
15	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 lasts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	present	crying	your sad feelings	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feeling=Product
4	last	present	He not said here		long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He is right, crying is only for girls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 crying	punct
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 girls	amod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 girls	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 girls	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 girls	case
9	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present		for crying girls	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; all feelings are normal, and crying is a natural way to show them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 normal	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 feelings	det
4	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 normal	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 normal	cop
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wrong	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 way	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 way	cc
9	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 way	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 way	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 way	det
12	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 way	amod
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	to	to	PART	_	15 show	mark
15	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 way	acl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	all feelings		normal property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		a Wrong natural way		tree rules
4	show	to-infinitive		feelings = feeling		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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