Test 19 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

the class says Sophie's always on her own at break cos nobody likes her, should i tell the new kid that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class, nobody, i · What happens: say, like, tell · To what, where: class, new kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 own	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sophie	case
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 own	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 own	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 own	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 break	case
11	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 own	obl
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 likes	mark
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 likes	nsubj
14	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 break	acl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 likes	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	aux
18	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 tell	nsubj
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kid	det
21	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 kid	amod
22	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 kid	dep

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the class			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	like	present	nobody	class		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	should	i		the new kid	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

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

Yes, so that the new kid knows straight away which child to avoid at break time

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 knows	advmod
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 knows	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	8 knows	ccomp
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 knows	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 avoid	mark
14	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 child	acl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 break	case
16	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 time	compound
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	the new kid	which child					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
2	avoid	to-infinitive	the new kid not said here	which child not said here			time		vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, do not spread it; many children feel lonely, and you could invite her to join in

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 feel	punct
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	parataxis
11	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feel	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 invite	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 invite	cc
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 invite	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 invite	aux
16	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 spread	parataxis
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 invite	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 join	mark
19	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 invite	xcomp
20	in	in	ADP	_	19 join	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	feel	present	many children		lonely property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	invite	could	you	her = she		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
4	join in not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Yes, but only if the new kid asks about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 asks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asks	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 asks	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 asks	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 asks	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kid	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kid	amod
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asks	nsubj
9	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	the new kid					about her = she	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about she=Topic

Option 4

Yes, because it must be true if she is alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 true	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 true	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 true	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 alone	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 alone	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 alone	cop
11	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 true	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	it					true property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	she					alone property	tree rules

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