Test 18 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

Liam reckons the new kid got bullied so bad at his last school he had to go to hospital, his brother told him. what's probably the case

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, last school, brother · What happens: reckon, bully, have, go, tell, be · To what, where: new kid, last school, hospital, kid, case · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kid	amod
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bullied	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bullied	aux:pass
7	bullied	bully	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reckons	ccomp
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bullied	xcomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 school	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 school	nmod:poss
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 school	amod
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bad	obl
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 school	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 go	mark
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 had	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 hospital	case
19	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 go	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 told	punct
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 brother	nmod:poss
22	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 told	nsubj
23	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 go	advcl
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 told	iobj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 case	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 case	cop
28	probably	probably	ADV	_	30 case	advmod
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 case	det
30	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Liam					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	bully	past · passive		the new kid			bad property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	have	past	Liam	kid's last school not said here				tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	kid's last school not said here			hospital		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial_Location
5	tell speech: assert	past	kid's brother		kid			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
6	is a	present		the case			probably property	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 · ✓ the right answer

It is probably a rumour that got bigger each time it was told

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	5 rumour	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 rumour	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rumour	det
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	acl:relcl
8	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 got	xcomp
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl:unmarked
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 told	aux:pass
13	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rumour		probably property	tree rules
2	get	past	a rumour		time	big property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	tell speech: assert	past · passive	each time not said here	rumour			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It must be true, because a brother said it

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 brother	det
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	a brother	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is true if the new kid seems really quiet and shy in class

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 seems	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 seems	nsubj
8	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 quiet	advmod
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 seems	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 shy	cc
12	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quiet	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 class	case
14	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seems	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	the new kid					in class; quiet property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in class=Attribute

Option 4

It is true, since bullied children always end up in hospital

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	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 end	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 end	mark
6	bullied	bully	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 end	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 end	advmod
9	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 end	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 hospital	case
12	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	true property	tree rules
2	bully	participle			vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
3	end up	present	bullied children	in hospital result; always property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in hospital=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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