Test 20 · ★ · Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment

Ava called the teacher "Mum" in front of the whole class, the boys are saying it every day now

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, boys · What happens: call, say · To what, where: teacher, front · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 92 «Disappointment, jealousy and embarrassment» 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	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 teacher	det
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Mum	punct
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Mum	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 class	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saying	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 boys	det
16	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 saying	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 saying	aux
18	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 called	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 saying	obj
20	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	21 day	det
21	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saying	obl:unmarked
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 saying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Ava		the teacher	front of the whole class			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	the boys	teacher			now; day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

Join in until she stops going red

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	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 stops	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Join	advcl
6	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stops	xcomp
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 going	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	stop	present	she		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	go	gerund	she not said here	red property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Tell the teacher she does it on purpose just to get some attention

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	nsubj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 does	nsubj
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 does	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obl
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 attention	det
13	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	present	the teacher	it	purpose	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	get not said to happen	to-infinitive		some attention		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus

Option 3

Join in, it is too funny to drop

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	_	7 funny	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 funny	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 funny	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 funny	advmod
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Join	parataxis
8	to	to	PART	_	9 drop	mark
9	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 funny	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	join in	imperative	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	it	funny property	tree rules
3	drop	to-infinitive			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is one of the commonest slips there is, so do not join the teasing

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	3 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 slips	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 slips	det
6	commonest	common	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 slips	amod
7	slips	slip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	9 is	expl
9	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 slips	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 join	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 join	advmod
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 join	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 join	advmod
14	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 one	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 teasing	det
16	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	one		of the commonest slips	tree rules
2	be	present	the commonest slips not said here		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not join	infinitive · do-support		the teasing			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teasing=Patient

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