Test 19 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

someone's saying the new neighbour is a creep cos he's always alone, pass it on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, new neighbour, he · What happens: say, be, pass on · To what, where: creep cos, neighbour · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 neighbour	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 neighbour	amod
6	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cos	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cos	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cos	det
9	creep	creep	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cos	compound
10	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	ccomp
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 alone	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 alone	cop
13	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 alone	advmod
14	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 cos	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pass	punct
16	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	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	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	someone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the new neighbour	a creep cos		tree rules
3	is	present	he		alone, always property	tree rules
4	pass on	infinitive	someone not said here	neighbour		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, because living alone is strange

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	_	9 strange	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 strange	mark
6	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 strange	csubj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	6 living	advmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 strange	cop
9	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pass	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass on	imperative	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	live	gerund			alone property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	living		strange property	tree rules

Option 2

Pass it on, and add that he watches kids from his window all day long and never goes out

The tree, 19 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 add	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 add	cc
6	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 watches	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 watches	nsubj
9	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 add	advcl
10	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 watches	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 window	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 window	nmod:poss
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watches	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watches	obl:unmarked
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 watches	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 goes	cc
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 goes	advmod
19	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 goes	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, 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	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	watch	present	he	kids	his window	day	long property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
4	not go out	present	you not said here					vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Do not pass it on; being alone proves nothing, and the rumour could hurt him

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 proves	punct
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 proves	cop
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 proves	advmod
9	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pass	parataxis
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 proves	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 hurt	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hurt	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 rumour	det
14	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 hurt	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 hurt	aux
16	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pass	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 hurt	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	gerund			alone, prove property	tree rules
3	hurt	could	the rumour	him = he		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient

Option 4

Pass it on, so everyone keeps away

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	_	7 keeps	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 keeps	advmod
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 keeps	nsubj
7	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pass	parataxis
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 keeps	advmod

#	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	keep away	present	everyone					away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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