Test 20 · ★ · Sleep and healthy eating

everyone's saying Josh is fat cos he eats crisps all day, should i pass it on

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, Josh, i · What happens: say, be, eat, pass on · To what, where: crisps, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 80 «Sleep and healthy eating» 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	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fat	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fat	cop
6	fat	fat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	ccomp
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 eats	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eats	nsubj
9	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
10	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eats	obj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eats	obl:unmarked
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pass	punct
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 pass	aux
15	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 pass	nsubj
16	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pass	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	16 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	Josh			fat property	tree rules
3	eat	present	Josh	crisps	day		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crisp=Patient
4	pass on	should	i	it			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 to talk about people's bodies

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	to	to	PART	_	7 talk	mark
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unkind	advcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 bodies	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bodies	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 people	case
11	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					unkind property	tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive						about people's bodies	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about body=Topic

Option 2

Yes, but only to the dinner ladies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 ladies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 ladies	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 ladies	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 ladies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ladies	det
7	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ladies	compound
8	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, everyone should know his diet

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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 diet	nmod:poss
7	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone	his diet					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer diet=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, and tell him to stop eating

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	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	xcomp
8	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	eat	gerund	you not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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