Test 18 · Eyes, ears and moving your body

the kids are calling Priya "four eyes" since she got glasses, it's going round the whole year

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, she, it · What happens: call, get, go · To what, where: Priya four eyes, glasses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kids	det
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calling	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 calling	aux
4	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 eyes	compound
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Priya	punct
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 eyes	nummod
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calling	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 eyes	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	12 got	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 calling	advcl
13	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 going	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 going	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 going	aux
17	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 calling	conj
18	round	round	ADP	_	21 year	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 year	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 year	amod
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	call	present · progressive	the kids	Priya four eyes		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eye=Recipient
2	get	past	she	glasses		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glass=Stimulus
3	go	present · progressive	it		year	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Join in quietly, so she does not hear it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	1 Join	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hear	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 hear	advmod
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hear	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hear	advmod
9	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Join	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here					quietly property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	not hear	present · do-support	she	it					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Join in, glasses are a funny thing to have and everyone says it, so she must be used to it by now

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	1 Join	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thing	punct
4	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 thing	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thing	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 thing	det
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Join	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 thing	acl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 have	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 says	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 used	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 used	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 used	nsubj
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 used	aux
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 used	aux:pass
20	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 thing	acl:relcl
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 used	obl
23	by	by	ADP	_	24 now	case
24	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Join	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	glasses	a funny thing		tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	present	everyone	thing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
5	use	must · passive		she	thing	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not join in; many people wear glasses, and an adult should be told about the name-calling

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 join	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 join	advmod
3	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 join	compound:prt
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 wear	punct
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wear	nsubj
8	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 join	parataxis
9	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 wear	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 told	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 told	cc
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 adult	det
13	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	nsubj:pass
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 told	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 told	aux:pass
16	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 wear	parataxis
17	about	about	ADP	_	21 calling	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 calling	det
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 calling	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 name	punct
21	calling	calling	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not join in	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	wear	present	many people	glasses		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source
3	tell speech: assert	should · passive		a adult	about the name calling	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient about calling=Topic

Option 4

Tell her to stop wearing the glasses instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glasses	det
7	glasses	glass	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wearing	obj
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 wearing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=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	wear	gerund	you not said here	the glasses		instead property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent glass=Source

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