Test 21 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

kid shouting "your dad left ur mum for someone else, everyone knows" at Sam

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, everyone · What happens: shout, leave, know · To what, where: mum, Sam · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
2	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 kid	acl
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 left	punct
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	nsubj
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 left	obl
11	else	else	ADV	_	10 someone	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
13	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 knows	nsubj
14	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 left	conj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 Sam	case
17	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 knows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund	kid not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave in a quote	past	kid	ur's mum		for someone	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Theme for someone=Recipient
3	know in a quote	present	everyone		Sam		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: 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

Ask the kid for more details about it, so you know if it's true and can tell everyone

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 details	case
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 details	amod
6	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 details	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 know	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 know	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
12	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 true	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 true	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 know	ccomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 tell	cc
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	aux
19	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 true	parataxis
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the kid	for more details about kid	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2	know	present	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	kid		true property	tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	can		everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2

Sam should shout something worse back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shout	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shout	aux
3	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 shout	obj
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 shout	xcomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	3 shout	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout back speech: express	should	Sam	something				bad property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic

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

Saying it to hurt Sam is bullying, so stand by Sam and tell an adult

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bullying	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Saying	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hurt	mark
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Saying	advcl
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bullying	aux
7	bullying	bully	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stand	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 stand	advmod
10	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 bullying	parataxis
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 Sam	case
12	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 stand	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
14	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 stand	conj
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	hurt	to-infinitive		Sam			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sam=Patient
3	bully	present · progressive	Saying				vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
4	stand	infinitive				by Sam	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by sam=Location
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

It is just news, 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	4 news	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 news	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 news	advmod
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 fine	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 news	parataxis

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

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