Test 21 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

teacher left early n kids saying "she's having a baby, she's been sick every morning"

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher, n kids · What happens: leave, say, have, be · To what, where: n kids, baby · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 left	advmod
4	n	n	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kids	amod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 left	obj
6	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kids	acl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 having	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 having	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 having	aux
10	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 saying	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 baby	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 having	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sick	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sick	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 sick	cop
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 sick	cop
17	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 left	parataxis
18	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	19 morning	det
19	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sick	obl:unmarked
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 sick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	teacher	n kids		early property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	n kids not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	have in a quote	present · progressive	teacher	a baby			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient
4	is in a quote	present	teacher		morning	sick property	tree rules

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

It is certain, so tell the whole school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 certain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 certain	cop
3	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 certain	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 school	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 school	amod
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					certain property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the whole school					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent school=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That is a guess about her private life; do not spread it, people feel ill for many reasons

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 guess	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guess	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 guess	det
4	guess	guess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 life	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
7	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guess	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 spread	punct
10	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 spread	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 spread	advmod
12	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 guess	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spread	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 feel	punct
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 feel	nsubj
16	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 guess	conj
17	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	xcomp
18	for	for	ADP	_	20 reasons	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 reasons	amod
20	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	a guess	about her private life	tree rules
2	not spread	infinitive · do-support	That not said here	life		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	feel	present	people		for many reasons; ill property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Ask her about it loudly next lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obl
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Ask	advmod
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lesson	amod
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	next lesson	her = she			about it; loudly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 4

Being sick always means a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sick	cop
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	csubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 means	advmod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						sick property	tree rules
2	mean	present		a baby				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Topic

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