Test 19 · ★ · Posture, screens and resting your eyes

Lily has to wear glasses now and someone called her four-eyes, is it ok to say it too

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, someone, it · What happens: have, wear, call, be, say · To what, where: glasses, four eyes, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 8 «Posture, screens and resting your eyes» 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	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wear	mark
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 has	xcomp
5	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 wear	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 called	cc
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 called	nsubj
9	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
11	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 eyes	nummod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 four	punct
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 called	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ok	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 ok	cop
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ok	nsubj
17	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 say	mark
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 ok	csubj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 say	obj
21	too	too	ADV	_	19 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Lily				tree rules
2	wear	to-infinitive	Lily not said here	glasses	now		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source
3	call	past	someone	Lily's four eyes			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient
4	is	present	it			ok property	tree rules
5	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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

Yes, but only when she is not listening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 listening	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 listening	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 listening	advmod
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 listening	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 listening	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 listening	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 listening	advmod
9	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not listen	present · progressive	she						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, calling her names is unkind; glasses just help her see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 unkind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 calling	punct
3	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 unkind	csubj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 names	nmod:poss
5	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 calling	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unkind	cop
7	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 help	punct
9	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 help	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 help	advmod
11	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 unkind	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 help	obj
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 help	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund		her names		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	is	present	calling		unkind property	tree rules
3	help	present	glasses	her = she		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	see	infinitive	her = she not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	name		her = she			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yes, because everyone else is saying it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 saying	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 saying	mark
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 saying	nsubj
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 everyone	advmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	aux
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Yes, as long as you say it as a joke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 long	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 long	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 long	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 joke	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 joke	det
11	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	you	it				as a joke	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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