Test 19 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

Jamie smashed the neighbour's window n hid in the shed lol, everyone's laughing, wanna tell the whole class?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jamie, window n, everyone · What happens: smash, hide, laugh, tell · To what, where: shed, whole class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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	Jamie	Jamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 smashed	nsubj
2	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 neighbour	det
4	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 n	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 neighbour	case
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 n	compound
7	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hid	nsubj
8	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 smashed	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 shed	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shed	det
11	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hid	obl
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 smashed	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 laughing	punct
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 laughing	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 laughing	aux
16	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 smashed	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
18	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	19 tell	dep
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 laughing	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 class	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 class	amod
22	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tell	obj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 smashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	smash	past	Jamie			tree rules
2	hide	past	the neighbour's window n		the shed	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shed=Location
3	laugh	present · progressive	everyone			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the whole class		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient

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

Yes, but only after adding a few extra details

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 adding	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 adding	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 adding	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 adding	advmod
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 adding	mark
6	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 details	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 details	amod
9	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 details	amod
10	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 adding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	gerund		a few extra details					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent detail=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, do not spread it; the lesson is that owning up beats hiding

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 owning	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 owning	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 owning	aux
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 owning	mark
12	owning	own	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 spread	advcl
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 owning	compound:prt
14	beats	beat	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 owning	obj
15	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 beats	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	own up	present · progressive	the lesson	beats	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beat=Theme
3	hide	gerund	beats not said here		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yes, so the neighbour finds out who did it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 finds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 finds	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neighbour	det
5	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finds	nsubj
6	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 finds	compound:prt
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 finds	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	present	the neighbour						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past		neighbour					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because it is funny and everyone at school should know what he did

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 funny	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 funny	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 funny	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 funny	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 funny	cop
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 know	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 know	nsubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 everyone	nmod
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 funny	conj
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 did	obj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 did	nsubj
15	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	it	funny property	tree rules
2	know	should	everyone		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do	past	he		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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