Test 19 · ★★★ · Thinking cleverly about people

kid in class says the quiet new boy is stuck up and hates everyone

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: say, stick up, hate · To what, where: quiet new boy, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★★ 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stuck	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stuck	aux:pass
10	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 says	ccomp
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 stuck	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hates	cc
13	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid in class		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stick up	present · passive		the quiet new boy	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination
3	hate	present	kid in class not said here	everyone	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everyone=Stimulus

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

It is true, new kids always think they are better than the kids who were there first

The tree, 17 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	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	_	8 think	punct
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kids	amod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 think	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 think	advmod
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 better	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 better	cop
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 think	ccomp
12	than	than	ADP	_	14 kids	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kids	det
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 better	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 there	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 there	cop
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 kids	acl:relcl
18	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 there	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	true property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	present	new kids	always property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	kids = kid	than the kids; good property	tree rules
4	is	past	the kids	first, there property	tree rules

Option 2

It is true, quiet people are 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	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	_	8 stuck	punct
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stuck	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	aux:pass
8	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 stuck	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	stick up	present · passive		quiet people					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is true, he never says hello

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	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	_	7 says	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 says	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 says	advmod
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	hello	hello	INTJ	_	7 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hello=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He may just be shy or new, not unfriendly, so do not spread it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shy	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shy	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 shy	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shy	cop
5	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 new	cc
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shy	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 unfriendly	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 unfriendly	advmod
10	unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shy	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 spread	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 spread	advmod
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 spread	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 spread	advmod
15	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shy	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	may	He		shy property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	not be		He not said here			tree rules
4	not spread	infinitive · do-support	He not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

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