Test 22 · ★★ · Friendship troubles, being left out and bullying

Jake goes "u fancy Ben, admit it" every lunch n i only like him as a mate

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, i · What happens: go, admit, like · To what, where: u Ben, fancy, Jake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★★ 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	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Ben	punct
4	u	u	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Ben	amod
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Ben	nmod:desc
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 admit	punct
8	admit	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 admit	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 lunch	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 lunch	det
12	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 admit	obl
13	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	16 like	cc
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 like	nsubj
15	only	only	ADV	_	16 like	advmod
16	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 admit	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 like	obj
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 mate	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 mate	det
20	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Jake	u Ben fancy		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	admit speech: other in a quote	present		fancy	every lunch obl	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	like	present	i	Jake	as a mate	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=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

Tease Jake back about someone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tease	tease	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tease	obj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Tease	advmod
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Tease	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 someone	advmod

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Jake is teasing that you want Ben as a boyfriend; say no, you are friends, and tell an adult if he keeps on

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	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	_	6 want	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	advcl
7	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 want	obj
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 boyfriend	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 boyfriend	det
10	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	parataxis
13	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	12 say	discourse
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 friends	punct
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 friends	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 friends	cop
17	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 tell	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 tell	cc
20	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 say	conj
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 adult	det
22	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 tell	obj
23	if	if	SCONJ	_	25 keeps	mark
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 keeps	nsubj
25	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 tell	advcl
26	on	on	ADV	_	25 keeps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	Jake				vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	you	Ben		as a boyfriend	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent ben=Theme as boyfriend=Attribute
3	say speech: assert	infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	you	friends			tree rules
5	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
6	keep on a condition, not said to happen	present	Jake				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

You have to admit it even if it is not true, because then he will stop asking

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	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 admit	mark
4	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 have	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 admit	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	11 true	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 true	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 true	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 true	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 true	advmod
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 admit	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 stop	punct
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 stop	mark
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 stop	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 stop	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 stop	aux
17	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 admit	conj
18	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	You				tree rules
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	You not said here	it			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	not is a condition, not said to happen	present	it			true property	tree rules
4	stop	future	he		then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	ask speech: ask	gerund	he not said here				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

You must stop being Ben's friend straight away so that the teasing stops for good

The tree, 16 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	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 friend	cop
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Ben	case
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	xcomp
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	3 stop	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 stops	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 teasing	det
13	teasing	teasing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stops	nsubj
14	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 good	case
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	must	You		away property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is a	gerund	You not said here	Ben's friend		tree rules
3	stop	present	the teasing		for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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