Test 19 · ★ · Worry and sadness

Josh cried in class today n the boys say only babies cry, he's soft

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, boys, babies · What happens: cry, say, be · To what, where: class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl:unmarked
6	n	n	SCONJ	_	9 say	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boys	det
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 soft	advcl
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 babies	advmod
11	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 cry	nsubj
12	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 soft	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 soft	cop
16	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Josh	class	today		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location
2	say speech: assert	present	the boys				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cry speech: express	present	babies				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	Josh			soft 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

He should hide it so nobody sees next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hide	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hide	aux
3	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hide	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 sees	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hide	advcl
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	should	He	it					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	see	present	nobody				time		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Crying is healthy for everyone, boys too, so do not join the teasing

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 healthy	csubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 healthy	cop
3	healthy	healthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 everyone	case
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 healthy	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boys	punct
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 everyone	conj
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 boys	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 join	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 join	advmod
11	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 join	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 join	advmod
13	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 healthy	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 teasing	det
15	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Crying		for everyone; healthy property	tree rules
3	not join	infinitive · do-support	Crying not said here	the teasing		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teasing=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Crying is fine only for girls and little kids, so the boys are right to tease

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 girls	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 girls	case
6	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	parataxis
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kids	cc
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kids	amod
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 girls	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 right	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boys	det
13	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 right	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	17 tease	mark
17	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 right	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	is	present	the boys	right property	tree rules
4	tease	to-infinitive	the boys not said here		vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They are right, boys who cry are soft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 soft	punct
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 soft	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 cry	nsubj
7	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boys	acl:relcl
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 soft	cop
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	They	right property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	present	boys		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	boys	soft property	tree rules

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