Test 2 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it
Jack tells the teacher that Sam keeps getting shoved in the toilets. Is Jack tattling?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, Sam · What happens: tell, keep, get, shove, be · To what, where: teacher, toilets, Jack tattling · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Jack tells the teacher that Sam keeps getting shoved in the toilets.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tells | obj |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 keeps | mark |
| 6 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 keeps | nsubj |
| 7 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 tells | advcl |
| 8 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 keeps | xcomp |
| 9 | shoved | shove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 getting | xcomp |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 toilets | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 toilets | det |
| 12 | toilets | toilet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 shoved | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Jack | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | Sam | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | get | gerund | Sam not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | shove | participle | Sam not said here | the toilets | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in toilet=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: Is Jack tattling?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tattling | cop |
| 2 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tattling | compound |
| 3 | tattling | tattling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 tattling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Jack tattling | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, because tattling is only about lessons
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 lessons | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lessons | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 lessons | mark |
| 4 | tattling | tattling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lessons | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lessons | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 lessons | advmod |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 lessons | case |
| 8 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | tattling | about lessons | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, because he is talking about someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 talking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 talking | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 talking | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talking | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 talking | aux |
| 6 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 someone | case |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present · progressive | he | about someone | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about someone=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, he is telling to keep Sam safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 telling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 telling | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 telling | aux |
| 5 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 telling | xcomp |
| 8 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obj |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · progressive | he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | Sam | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sam=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, because Sam did not ask him to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ask | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ask | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 ask | advmod |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | past · do-support | Sam | him = he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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