Test 8 · ★ · Bullying and how to stop it
A bullied girl thinks it happens because she is different. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bullied girl, it, girl · What happens: bully, think, happen, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 bullied girl thinks it happens because she is different.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | bullied | bully | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thinks | nsubj |
| 4 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 happens | nsubj |
| 6 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thinks | ccomp |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 different | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 different | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 different | cop |
| 10 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 happens | advcl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thinks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bully | participle | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | a bullied girl | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | happen | present | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | is | present | girl | different property | tree rules |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Being different gives others a reason to bully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 different | cop |
| 2 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gives | csubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gives | iobj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 reason | det |
| 6 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bully | mark |
| 8 | bully | bully | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reason | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | different property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | present | a reason | others | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent other=Recipient reason=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bully | to-infinitive | a reason not said here | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She should try to be exactly like everyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 try | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 try | aux |
| 3 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 everyone | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 everyone | cop |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 8 everyone | advmod |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 try | advcl |
| 9 | else | else | ADV | _ | 8 everyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | should | She | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | She not said here | like everyone; else, exactly property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nobody deserves to be bullied for being different
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 deserves | nsubj |
| 2 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 bullied | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bullied | aux:pass |
| 5 | bullied | bully | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 deserves | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 different | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 different | cop |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bullied | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | Nobody | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bully | to-infinitive · passive | Nobody not said here | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary» | |||||
| 3 | is | gerund | Nobody not said here | different property | tree rules |
Option 4
Bullying is fine if the difference is big
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 big | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 difference | det |
| 6 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 big | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 big | cop |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bullying | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the difference | big property | tree rules |
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