Test 14 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

they've been picking on me for weeks, if i tell it'll get worse

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, i, it · What happens: pick, tell, get · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picking	nsubj
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picking	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 picking	aux
4	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 picking	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 weeks	case
8	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 picking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 tell	mark
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 tell	nsubj
12	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picking	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 get	nsubj
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 get	aux
15	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tell	ccomp
16	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present · perfect · progressive	they	week	on me	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on i=Patient
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	i			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get	future	it		bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Stay home from school forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			school		forever, home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult, they can stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	stop	can	they	adult		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

Option 3

Keep quiet and hope it ends by itself soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hope	cc
4	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ends	nsubj
6	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hope	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 itself	case
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 ends	obl
9	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 ends	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hope	present	you not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	end	present	it	by itself = it; soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Fight back alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Fight	advmod
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	1 Fight	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight back	imperative	you not said here					alone property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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