Test 18 · ★ · Worry and sadness

my mate heard from her sister the school's closing next month n all the teachers get sacked, i can't sleep

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, i, school · What happens: hear, sack, not sleep, close · To what, where: closing, teachers

This is test 18 · ★ 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 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sister	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sister	nmod:poss
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 closing	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 school	case
10	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 month	amod
12	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obl:unmarked
13	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	14 all	cc
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 teachers	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 teachers	det
16	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 sacked	nsubj:pass
17	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sacked	aux:pass
18	sacked	sack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 heard	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sleep	punct
20	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 sleep	nsubj
21	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 sleep	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 sleep	advmod
23	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 heard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	my mate	the school's closing	month	from mate's sister	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent closing=Topic from sister=Source
2	sack	present · passive		all teachers			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	not sleep	can	i				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	close		the school				nom closing «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Stay up worrying so you are ready for it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Stay	compound:prt
3	worrying	worry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stay	advcl
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 ready	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 ready	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ready	cop
7	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worrying	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ready	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay up	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	worry	gerund	you not said here		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	you	for it; ready property	tree rules

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

It is probably just a rumour; ask a parent or teacher for the real facts

The tree, 15 words

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	6 rumour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	6 rumour	advmod
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 rumour	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rumour	det
6	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 rumour	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 teacher	cc
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 parent	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 facts	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 facts	det
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 facts	amod
16	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rumour				probably property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive			a parent or teacher			for the real facts	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Option 3

Keep it secret so nobody else gets upset

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	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 gets	mark
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 gets	nsubj
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 nobody	advmod
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	get	present	nobody					upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It must be true, older sisters always know about these things before anyone

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct
6	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 sisters	amod
7	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 know	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	parataxis
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 things	case
11	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	12 things	det
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 know	obl
13	before	before	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	know	present	older sisters				before anyone	about this things; always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about thing=Stimulus

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