Test 15 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

watching them push the new kid around, not my problem right

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: watch, push · To what, where: them, new kid

This is test 15 · ★ 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	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 push	csubj
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 watching	obj
3	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 push	obj
7	around	around	ADV	_	3 push	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 problem	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 problem	advmod
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 problem	nmod:poss
11	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 push	obl
12	right	right	ADV	_	3 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	gerund		them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	push	imperative	you not said here	the new kid				my problem obl; around, right property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme

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

Tell an adult and be kind to the new kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 kind	cc
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kind	cop
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 kid	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kid	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 kid	amod
10	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is	infinitive	you not said here					to the new kid; kind property	tree rules

Option 2

Walk away and forget it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 forget	cc
4	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	forget	infinitive	you not said here	it					tree rules

Option 3

Join in so they leave you alone and pick on him instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	advcl
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pick	cc
9	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pick	obl
12	instead	instead	ADV	_	9 pick	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	present	they	you	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	pick	infinitive	you not said here		on him = he; instead property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent on he=Patient

Option 4

Film it and post it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Film	film	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Film	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 post	cc
4	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Film	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 post	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	film	imperative	you not said here	it					vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	post	infinitive	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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