Test 19 · Trusted adults and asking for help

someone says Ava's always going to the school nurse cos she wants attention, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, Ava · What happens: say, go, want, pass on · To what, where: school nurse, attention · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 going	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ava	case
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 going	advmod
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 says	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 nurse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nurse	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nurse	compound
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 going	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 wants	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 going	advcl
14	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wants	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pass	punct
16	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pass	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	16 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	someone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	gerund			the school nurse	always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to nurse=Initial_Location
3	want	present	Ava	attention			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot attention=Theme
4	pass on	infinitive	someone not said here	attention			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

Pass it on, and say she is faking it every time to get out of maths and PE

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 say	cc
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 faking	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 faking	aux
9	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 say	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 faking	obj
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 faking	obl:unmarked
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 faking	advcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	17 maths	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 maths	case
17	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 get	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 PE	cc
19	PE	pe	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 maths	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fake	present · progressive	she	it	time	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	get out	to-infinitive	she not said here	maths and PE		tree rules

Option 2

Pass it on, so the nurse hears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hears	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 hears	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nurse	det
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hears	nsubj
8	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hear	present	the nurse						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; it is unkind and you do not know her reasons

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 pass	advmod
3	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pass	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	3 pass	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 unkind	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 unkind	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unkind	cop
9	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pass	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 know	cc
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 know	advmod
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 unkind	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 reasons	nmod:poss
16	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it		unkind property	tree rules
3	not know	present · do-support	you	her reasons		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus

Option 4

Pass it on, because it is obvious

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pass	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Pass	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 obvious	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 obvious	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 obvious	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 obvious	cop
8	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pass	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					obvious property	tree rules

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