Test 10 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

they said i cant play their game at break

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, i · What happens: say, play · To what, where: game, break · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 98 «Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying» 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 play	nsubj
4	cant	cant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 play	nsubj
5	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 game	nmod:poss
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 play	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 break	case
9	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	play	present	i	their game		break			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Ask the adult on duty or find another group

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 duty	case
5	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 find	cc
7	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 group	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the adult	duty			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	find	infinitive	you not said here	another group					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Topic

Option 2

Go and cry where no one sees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 cry	cc
3	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sees	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cry	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	infinitive	you not said here	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	present	no one	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Push in and play anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADV	_	1 Push	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 play	cc
4	play	play	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Push	conj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push in	imperative	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	play	infinitive	you not said here					anyway property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Tell them you will never speak to them ever again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 speak	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 speak	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 speak	advmod
6	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 speak	obl
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 again	advmod
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not speak speech: other	future	you		them = they		again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent

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