Test 20 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather

kids are saying Ava is "diseased" and nobody should sit near her cos she had a cough, should i spread it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, nobody, Ava, i · What happens: say, disease, sit, have, spread · To what, where: Ava, cos, cough · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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	3 saying	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 diseased	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 diseased	aux:pass
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 diseased	punct
7	diseased	disease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 saying	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 diseased	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sit	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 sit	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 sit	aux
12	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 diseased	conj
13	near	near	ADP	_	15 cos	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cos	nmod:poss
15	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sit	obl
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 cos	acl:relcl
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 cough	det
19	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spread	punct
21	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 spread	aux
22	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 spread	nsubj
23	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	disease in a quote	present · passive		Ava		tree rules
3	sit	should	nobody		Ava's cos	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near cos=Location
4	have	past	Ava	a cough		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cough=Patient
5	spread	should	i	cough		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

Yes, everyone should stay away from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 stay	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 stay	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay away	should	everyone					from her = she; away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, it's unkind; just use your own cup and wash your hands

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	_	8 use	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 use	advmod
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 unkind	parataxis
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cup	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cup	amod
11	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wash	cc
13	wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 use	conj
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hands	nmod:poss
15	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 wash	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		unkind property	tree rules
2	use	infinitive		your own cup		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Patient
3	wash	infinitive		your hands		vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

Yes, but only to people who sit near her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 people	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 people	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sit	nsubj
8	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl
9	near	near	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	people					near her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near she=Location

Option 4

Yes, and tell the teacher to send her home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 send	mark
8	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	xcomp
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic
2	send not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	teacher's home					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

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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