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Test 3 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

A boy is called names because of his accent. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: call, accent, be · To what, where: boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: A boy is called names because of his accent.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 called	xcomp
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 accent	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 accent	nmod:poss
9	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present · passive		a boy				because boy's accent	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
2	accent		boy						nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=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.

Sentence 2: Which is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1

He should change his accent to stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 change	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 change	aux
3	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 accent	nmod:poss
5	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 change	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	should	He	his accent					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Patient
2	stop	to-infinitive	He not said here	accent					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality
3	accent		his = he						nom accent «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He should call them worse names back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 call	obj
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 names	amod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	3 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	should	He	them = they					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme name=Result

Option 3

He should stay quiet and say nothing so it does not get worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stay	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stay	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 say	obj
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 say	advcl
13	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	should	He					quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	He not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	not get	present · do-support	it					bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It is not his fault, and he should tell a trusted adult

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 fault	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fault	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 fault	advmod
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fault	nmod:poss
5	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tell	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fault	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
12	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 adult	amod
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	It	his fault					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	should	he		a trusted adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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