Test 17 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

they're saying Liam and Jack had a punch-up over the football and it's all over the group chat

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, Liam, up · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: punch up, football, group chat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 had	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Jack	cc
6	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Liam	conj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 up	det
9	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 up	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 had	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 football	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 football	det
14	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 up	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 chat	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 chat	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 chat	cop
18	all	all	ADV	_	22 chat	advmod
19	over	over	ADP	_	22 chat	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chat	det
21	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 chat	compound
22	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	conj

#	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	have	past	Liam and Jack	a punch up	the football		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Patient
3	is	present	up		the group chat	all 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

Spread it, because fights are news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 news	punct
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 news	case
5	fights	fight	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 news	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 news	cop
7	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	fights					because news	tree rules

Option 2

Spread it, and say who won and who cried and who threw the first punch

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 won	nsubj
7	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cried	cc
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 cried	nsubj
10	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 won	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 threw	cc
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 threw	nsubj
13	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 won	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 punch	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 punch	amod
16	punch	punch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 threw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	win	past			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	cry speech: express	past			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	throw	past		the first punch	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punch=Theme

Option 3

Spread it, so everyone picks a side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 picks	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 picks	advmod
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 picks	nsubj
6	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	parataxis
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 side	det
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 picks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	pick	present	everyone	a side					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; hitting never solves a quarrel fairly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 solves	punct
6	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 solves	csubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 solves	advmod
8	solves	solve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 quarrel	det
10	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 solves	obj
11	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	8 solves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	hit	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not solve	present	hitting	a quarrel	fairly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Topic

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