Test 5 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it

Your friend tells you she is being bullied but begs you not to tell anyone. What should you do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: tell, bully, beg, not tell, do · To what, where: you, friend, anyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Your friend tells you she is being bullied but begs you not to tell anyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 tells	iobj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bullied	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bullied	aux:pass
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bullied	aux:pass
8	bullied	bully	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tells	ccomp
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 begs	cc
10	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 tells	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 begs	obj
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 tell	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 tell	mark
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 begs	xcomp
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 tell	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Your friend		you	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bully	present · passive		friend		vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	beg speech: request	present	Your friend not said here		you	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4	not tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your friend not said here		anyone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

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: What should you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Keep the secret, because she asked you to and a friend never breaks a promise

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 secret	det
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 asked	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	parataxis
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 asked	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	7 asked	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 breaks	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 friend	det
12	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 breaks	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 breaks	advmod
14	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 promise	det
16	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 breaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the secret		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	she		you	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
3	not break	present	a friend	a promise		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient

Option 2

Tell the bully to stop by fighting them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bully	det
3	bully	bully	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 fighting	mark
7	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stop	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fighting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the bully	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bully=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	fight	gerund		them = they	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent

Option 3

Tell her to ignore it until it stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ignore	mark
4	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ignore	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ignore	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ignore not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	stop	present	it			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Help her tell a trusted adult, even though she is scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Help	obj
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Help	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
5	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 adult	amod
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 scared	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	12 scared	advmod
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 scared	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scared	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scared	cop
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Help	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here	her = she			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	her = she not said here		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
4	is	present	adult			scared property	tree rules

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