Test 17 · ★ · Worry and sadness

my mate says he feels like nothing matters n wants to disappear

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, feel, matter, want, disappear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feels	nsubj
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 nothing	case
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 matters	obl
8	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feels	ccomp
9	n	n	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wants	amod
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 matters	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 disappear	mark
12	disappear	disappear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	feel	present	mate		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	matter	present	mate not said here	like nothing	tree rules
4	want	present	mate not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	disappear not said to happen	to-infinitive	mate not said here		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

Laugh it off so he feels better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Laugh	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Laugh	compound:prt
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	6 feels	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Laugh	advcl
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh off	imperative	you not said here	it					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	feel	present	he					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult right away, even if he asks you not to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	right	right	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asks	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 asks	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 asks	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asks	nsubj
11	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 asks	obj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 asks	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	13 not	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a trusted adult	away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	present	adult	you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3

Tell him to cheer up and forget it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cheer	mark
4	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 cheer	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 forget	cc
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cheer	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	cheer up not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	forget	infinitive		it		tree rules

Option 4

Keep it secret, he's your friend and he trusted you with it, so stay quiet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 friend	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 friend	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 friend	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friend	nmod:poss
8	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trusted	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trusted	nsubj
11	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 trusted	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trusted	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stay	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 stay	advmod
17	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is a	present	he	your friend			tree rules
3	trust	past	friend		you	with it	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent you=Recipient with it=Theme
4	stay	infinitive	you not said here			quiet property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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