Test 19 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears

everyone's saying Ben's got a gross infected finger cos he's a nail-biting freak, should i spread it

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, Ben, i · What happens: say, get, bite, be, spread · To what, where: gross infected finger, biting freak, finger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 saying	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 finger	det
8	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 finger	amod
9	infected	infected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 finger	amod
10	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	18 freak	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 freak	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 freak	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 freak	det
15	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 biting	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 nail	punct
17	biting	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 freak	amod
18	freak	freak	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 spread	punct
20	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 spread	aux
21	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 spread	nsubj
22	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · passive	Ben	a gross infected finger	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer finger=Stimulus
3	bite	gerund			vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	Ben	a biting freak	tree rules
5	spread	should	i	finger	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 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 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's unkind; say nothing, or kindly suggest he tell an adult

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unkind	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	cop
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	parataxis
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 say	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 suggest	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 suggest	cc
11	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	12 suggest	advmod
12	suggest	suggest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 say	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 suggest	obj
14	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 say	conj
15	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 adult	det
16	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			unkind property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	infinitive		nothing			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	suggest speech: suggest	infinitive		he		kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Yes, and take a photo of the finger for the chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 take	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 take	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 take	cc
4	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 photo	det
6	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 finger	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 finger	det
9	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 photo	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 chat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 chat	det
12	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a photo of the finger				for the chat	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for chat=Beneficiary

Option 3

Yes, but only to the people at his table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 table	nmod:poss
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 people	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, everyone should know he is a freak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 freak	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 freak	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 freak	det
9	freak	freak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	he	a freak					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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