Test 20 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

everyone's saying Noah's sick cos his family's food is dirty, should i spread it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, food, i · What happens: say, be, spread · To what, where: sick, food · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Noah	case
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	obj
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 dirty	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 family	case
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dirty	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 dirty	cop
13	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 spread	punct
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 spread	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 spread	nsubj
17	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	advcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	Noah's sick		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sick=Topic
2	is	present	Noah's family's food		dirty property	tree rules
3	spread	should	i	food		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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and say his mum cannot cook

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 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cook	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cook	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cook	advmod
9	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	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 clause=Topic
2	not cook	can	his mum						vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, but only tell the people he invites over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 tell	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	iobj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 invites	nsubj
9	invites	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	parataxis
10	over	over	ADV	_	9 invites	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the people				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient
2	invite over	present	he					over property	vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's unkind and you do not know why he is ill

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	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 know	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 know	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 know	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 know	advmod
10	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unkind	conj
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 ill	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ill	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ill	cop
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 know	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	unkind property	tree rules
2	not know	present · do-support	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	he	ill property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, everyone should avoid eating at his house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 avoid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 avoid	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 avoid	aux
5	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 avoid	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 house	nmod:poss
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	should	everyone						vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	eat	gerund	everyone not said here			his house			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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