Test 18 · Boredom, excitement and pride

Finn keeps saying he's the best at everything n everyone's saying he's a show-off loser behind his back

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, everyone · What happens: keep, say, be · To what, where: everything, off loser, back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 keeps	nsubj
2	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 keeps	xcomp
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 best	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 best	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 best	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 saying	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 everything	case
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 best	obl
10	n	n	SCONJ	_	13 saying	mark
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 saying	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 saying	aux
13	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 saying	advcl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 loser	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 loser	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 loser	det
17	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 off	compound
18	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 show	punct
19	off	off	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 loser	compound
20	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 saying	ccomp
21	behind	behind	ADP	_	23 back	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 back	nmod:poss
23	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 loser	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Finn				tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	Finn not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Finn		everything	good property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	Finn	a off loser	Finn's back		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 · ← Mova's choice

Everyone should ignore him forever from now on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 ignore	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ignore	aux
3	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ignore	obj
5	forever	forever	ADV	_	3 ignore	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 now	case
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 ignore	advmod
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 now	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	should	Everyone	him = he				forever property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Boasting pushes friends away, but calling him names behind his back is unkind too

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boasting	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 pushes	nsubj
2	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pushes	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 pushes	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 unkind	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 unkind	cc
7	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 unkind	csubj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calling	obj
9	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 calling	obj
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 back	nmod:poss
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 names	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 unkind	cop
14	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pushes	conj
15	too	too	ADV	_	14 unkind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	boast speech: other	gerund				vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	push away	present		friends	away property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
3	call	gerund		him = he		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme name=Result
4	is	present	calling		unkind property	tree rules

Option 3

Calling him a loser behind his back will teach him a good lesson, and he deserves it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 teach	csubj
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Calling	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 loser	det
4	loser	loser	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obj
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 back	nmod:poss
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Calling	obl
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 teach	aux
9	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 teach	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lesson	det
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lesson	amod
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 teach	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 deserves	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 deserves	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 deserves	nsubj
17	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teach	parataxis
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	call	gerund		him = he		his back	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme loser=Result
2	teach speech: other	future	Calling	a good lesson	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lesson=Topic
3	deserve	present	he	lesson			tree rules

Option 4

He is right to boast if he really is the best

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 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 boast	mark
5	boast	boast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	csubj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 best	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 best	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	11 best	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 best	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 best	det
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 boast	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	boast speech: other	to-infinitive			vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	he	good property	tree rules

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