Test 12 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

gonna punch him back tmrw, dad said stand up for urself

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, dad · What happens: punch back, say, stand up · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 55 «Bullying and how to stop it» 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	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	2 punch	dep
2	punch	punch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 punch	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 punch	advmod
5	tmrw	tmrw	ADV	_	2 punch	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 punch	parataxis
9	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 stand	compound:prt
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 urself	case
12	urself	urself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	punch back	imperative	you not said here	him = he	tmrw property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	dad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	stand up	infinitive			for urself	vn assuming_position-50 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hitting back can get you hurt and make it worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 get	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Hitting	advmod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hurt	nsubj
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 get	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hit back	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	can	Hitting			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	hurt	present	you			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	make	present	Hitting not said here	it	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 2

Yes, it is fine if he started it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fine	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 started	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 started	nsubj
8	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 started	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	start a condition, not said to happen	past	he	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, punching back always ends bullying for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 punching	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	punching	punch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ends	csubj
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 punching	advmod
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 ends	advmod
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	bullying	bully	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ends	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 good	case
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bullying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	punch back	gerund			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	end	present	punching	always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	bully	gerund	punching not said here	for good	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary

Option 4

Only punch him when no teacher looks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 punch	advmod
2	punch	punch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 punch	obj
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 looks	mark
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 punch	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	punch	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	look	present	no teacher						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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