Test 20 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

they keep saying "Tom loves Lucy" every day n Lucy cries now

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, Tom, day · What happens: keep, say, love, cry · To what, where: Lucy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ 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	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keep	xcomp
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 loves	punct
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 loves	nsubj
6	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
7	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 loves	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cries	punct
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cries	nsubj
11	n	n	ADP	_	12 Lucy	case
12	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 day	nmod
13	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 loves	conj
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 cries	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	keep	present	they			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	they not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	love in a quote	present	Tom	Lucy		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lucy=Stimulus
4	cry speech: express	present	every day n Lucy		now	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Join in so they leave you alone

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

Option 2

Tell Lucy to stop crying, it's only a joke and they'll get bored of it by next week

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 joke	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 joke	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 joke	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 joke	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 joke	det
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 bored	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bored	nsubj:pass
14	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 bored	aux
15	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 bored	aux:pass
16	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 bored	obl
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 week	case
20	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 week	amod
21	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Lucy			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent lucy=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express	gerund	you not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	it	a joke				tree rules
5	bore	future · passive		they		week	of joke	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They tease that Tom wants her as a girlfriend; every day is bullying, so tell an adult

The tree, 17 words

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	2 tease	nsubj
2	tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 wants	mark
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tease	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	9 girlfriend	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 girlfriend	det
9	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 bullying	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bullying	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 bullying	aux
14	bullying	bully	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tease	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tell	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 tell	advmod
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tease	conj
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 adult	det
19	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present	They				vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	Tom	her = she		as a girlfriend	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme as girlfriend=Attribute
3	bully	present · progressive	every day				vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	They not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

It is only true love, so it is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 love	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 love	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 love	advmod
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 love	amod
5	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	expl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 love	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	true love					tree rules
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

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