Test 22 · ★★ · Staying safe and kind online

my mate's mum n dad divorcing n kids are making memes bout it

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, mum · What happens: divorce, make · To what, where: memes

This is test 22 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 making	nsubj
5	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	6 dad	cc
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	conj
7	divorcing	divorce	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 dad	acl
8	n	n	ADP	_	9 kids	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 divorcing	obl
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 making	aux
11	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 making	obj
13	bout	bout	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divorce	gerund	dad not said here					n kids	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present · progressive	my mate's mum and dad	memes				bout mate	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=Product

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

Share the memes but say it was not you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 memes	det
3	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Share	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Share	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 you	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 you	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 you	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	the memes	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	past	it	you	tree rules

Option 2

Ask your mate to make one too, then it's not mean because he's joining in with everyone

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 make	mark
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 make	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	5 make	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mean	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mean	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mean	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mean	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mean	advmod
13	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	parataxis
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 joining	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 joining	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 joining	aux
17	joining	join	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Ask	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	17 joining	compound:prt
19	with	with	ADP	_	20 everyone	case
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 joining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	your mate			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mate=Recipient clause=Topic
2	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	your mate not said here	one			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset one=Product
3	not mean	present	mate		then		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	join in	present · progressive	he			with everyone	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with everyone=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Divorce means parents stop being married; the memes hurt your mate, so tell an adult

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 married	aux:pass
6	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stop	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 memes	det
9	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hurt	nsubj
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	parataxis
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mate	nmod:poss
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hurt	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tell	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 tell	advmod
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Divorce			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	present	parents			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	marry	gerund · passive	parents not said here			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
4	hurt	infinitive	the memes	your mate		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Patient
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Divorce not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Divorce means a party, so the memes are fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 party	det
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 fine	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 memes	det
8	memes	meme	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fine	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Divorce	a party					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Topic
2	is	present	the memes					fine property	tree rules

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