Test 20 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

my best mate ditched me "for her boyfriend" n now i'm on my own at break

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: best mate, i · What happens: ditch, be · To what, where: me, break

This is test 20 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 mate	amod
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ditched	nsubj
4	ditched	ditch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 ditched	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 ditched	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 boyfriend	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 boyfriend	nmod:poss
9	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ditched	obl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 boyfriend	punct
11	n	not	ADV	_	12 now	advmod
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 own	advmod
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 own	nsubj
14	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 own	cop
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 own	case
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 own	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ditched	ccomp
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 break	case
19	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 own	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ditch	past	my best mate	me				for mate's boyfriend	tree rules
2	is	present	i			break	now	own 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She is spending time with a boyfriend; it hurts, so tell her kindly how you feel and play with others too

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spending	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spending	aux
3	spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spending	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 boyfriend	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boyfriend	det
7	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spending	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hurts	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurts	nsubj
10	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spending	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tell	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 tell	advmod
13	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurts	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tell	iobj
15	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	13 tell	advmod
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 feel	advmod
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 feel	nsubj
18	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tell	ccomp
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 play	cc
20	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 feel	conj
21	with	with	ADP	_	22 others	case
22	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 play	obl
23	too	too	ADV	_	20 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present · progressive	She		time	with a boyfriend	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hurt	present	boyfriend				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	boyfriend not said here	her = she		kindly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
4	feel	present	you				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	play	present	you not said here			with others	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with other=Theme

Option 2

It means boyfriends are not allowed at your age, so tell a teacher on her

The tree, 15 words

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	boyfriends	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 age	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 age	nmod:poss
9	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 allowed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 tell	advmod
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not allow	present · passive		boyfriends		at your age	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive		teacher	a teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient her=Topic

Option 3

It means she hates you now, so start spreading rumours about her at school

The tree, 14 words

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hates	nsubj
4	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 hates	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 hates	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 start	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 start	advmod
9	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	spreading	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 start	xcomp
11	rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 spreading	obj
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rumours	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 school	case
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spreading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hate	present	she	you		now		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
3	start	infinitive						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	spread	gerund		rumours	school		about her = she	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: agent=Agent rumour=Theme at school=Destination

Option 4

Tease her about the boyfriend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tease	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 boyfriend	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boyfriend	det
5	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tease	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	imperative	you not said here	her = she				about the boyfriend	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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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