Test 22 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

my bro teases me "u got a boyfriend" when i just played with Max

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, u, i · What happens: tease, get, play · To what, where: me, boyfriend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teases	nsubj
3	teases	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 teases	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teases	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boyfriend	det
9	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 played	advmod
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 played	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 played	advmod
14	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 teases	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 Max	case
16	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present	my bro	me		tree rules
2	get in a quote	past	u	a boyfriend		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus
3	play	past	i		with Max	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with max=Co-Agent

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

You must stop playing with Max straight away, because boys and girls cannot just be friends

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 stop	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 Max	case
6	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 playing	obl
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 playing	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 friends	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 friends	mark
11	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 friends	nsubj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 girls	cc
13	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 boys	conj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 friends	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 friends	advmod
16	just	just	ADV	_	18 friends	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 friends	cop
18	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	must	You			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	play	gerund	You not said here		with Max; away property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with max=Co-Agent
3	not is a	can	boys and girls	friends		tree rules

Option 2

It is true because he says so

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 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
7	so	so	ADV	_	6 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Hit your brother hard so that he learns to stop teasing you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obj
4	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Hit	advmod
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 learns	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 learns	nsubj
8	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hit	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stop	mark
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 learns	xcomp
11	teasing	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 teasing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	your brother	hard property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme brother=Co-Theme
2	learn	present	he			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	stop	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	tease	gerund	he not said here	you		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is teasing that Max is your boyfriend; Max is just a friend, so tell him it is not funny and ask a parent to help

The tree, 26 words

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 teasing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	aux
3	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 boyfriend	mark
5	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 boyfriend	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 boyfriend	cop
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 boyfriend	nmod:poss
8	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teasing	ccomp
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 friend	punct
10	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 friend	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 friend	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 friend	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 friend	det
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teasing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tell	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 tell	advmod
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 teasing	parataxis
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 tell	iobj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 funny	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 funny	cop
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 funny	advmod
22	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 tell	ccomp
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 ask	cc
24	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 tell	conj
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 parent	det
26	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ask	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	28 help	mark
28	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	He				vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Max	your boyfriend			tree rules
3	is a	present	Max	a friend			tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			Max		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
5	not is	present	friend			funny property	tree rules
6	ask speech: ask	infinitive			a parent		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient clause=Topic
7	help not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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