Test 19 · ★★ · Respecting wild animals

kids say Leo's family "stole" a baby deer and it's gonna die, should i tell everyone

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, deer, i · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: family, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 70 «Respecting wild animals» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 family	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Leo	case
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 stole	punct
7	stole	stole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 family	appos
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 stole	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 deer	det
10	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 deer	compound
11	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 die	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 die	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 die	cop
15	gonna	gonna	PART	_	16 die	mark
16	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 tell	aux
19	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 tell	nsubj
20	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	conj
21	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kids	Leo's family			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme deer=Manner
2	is	present	deer			die property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	should	i		everyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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

Yes, and say his family are cruel people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 family	nmod:poss
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 people	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 people	cop
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	his family	cruel people					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, don't spread it; tell an adult if you are worried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 worried	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 worried	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 worried	cop
14	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you			worried property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but make the story more dramatic so people listen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 make	cc
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 dramatic	advmod
8	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 listen	mark
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 listen	nsubj
11	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	the story				dramatic property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset story=Product
2	listen	present	people						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, post it so the whole class knows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 post	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 post	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 knows	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 class	amod
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 post	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	know	present	the whole class						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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