Test 17 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

everyone's saying Harry's grumpy cos he thinks he's better than us

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, Harry · What happens: say, think, be · To what, where: grumpy cos · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 60 «Thinking cleverly about 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	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	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cos	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Harry	case
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cos	amod
7	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 thinks	nsubj
9	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 better	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 better	cop
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 thinks	ccomp
13	than	than	ADP	_	14 us	case
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 better	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	Harry's grumpy cos		tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	Harry			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Harry		than us; good 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Maybe not; tired, worried or sad people get grumpy, so do not spread it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	4 tired	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 tired	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 tired	punct
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 worried	punct
6	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tired	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	nsubj
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	conj
11	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 get	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 spread	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 spread	advmod
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 spread	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 spread	advmod
16	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tired	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	sad people					grumpy property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support		it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

It means you should ignore him forever, and get everyone else to ignore him too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 ignore	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 ignore	aux
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignore	obj
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	5 ignore	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 get	obj
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 everyone	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 ignore	mark
14	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 get	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ignore	obj
16	too	too	ADV	_	14 ignore	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ignore	should	you	him = he	forever property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	get	infinitive		everyone		tree rules
4	ignore	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	him = he		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

It proves he does not like anyone in the class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 like	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
6	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 like	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 class	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 class	det
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not like	present · do-support	he	anyone		the class			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anyone=Theme

Option 4

It must be true, grumpy means stuck-up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 grumpy	punct
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 true	conj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 up	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct
10	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		true property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	mean	present	true	stuck up		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent up=Topic

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