Test 12 · Boredom, excitement and pride

im the best at maths in the whole class, better than all of u

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: im · To what, where: best, maths

This is test 12 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» 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	im	im	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 best	det
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 im	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 maths	case
5	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 im	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 class	amod
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 im	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 better	punct
11	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 im	parataxis
12	than	than	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 better	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 u	case
15	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	im	imperative	you not said here	the best		maths		in the whole class	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

It helps others work harder

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	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 helps	obj
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	harder	hard	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 work	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	others					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	work	infinitive	others not said here					hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Saying it often makes everyone like you more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 makes	csubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Saying	obj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 makes	advmod
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 makes	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obl
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 makes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	make	present	Saying	everyone				like you; often property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Boasting makes others feel small and pushes friends away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 makes	xcomp
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pushes	cc
7	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	conj
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pushes	obj
9	away	away	ADV	_	7 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	gerund				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present		others		tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	others not said here		small property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	push away	present		friends	away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme

Option 4

It is fine because it is true

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 fine	expl
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	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 true	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

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