Test 1 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

«she said don't tell her mum so I didn't, it's still bleeding tho» What should you do now?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, I, it, you · What happens: say, not tell, not do, bleed tho, do · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» of the language 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 did	advmod
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 did	nsubj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	advcl
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 did	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bleeding	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 bleeding	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 bleeding	aux
16	still	still	ADV	_	17 bleeding	advmod
17	bleeding	bleed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 said	advcl
18	tho	tho	ADP	_	17 bleeding	compound:prt
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 bleeding	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 do	obj
21	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 do	aux
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	23 do	nsubj
23	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 bleeding	xcomp
24	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 do	advmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support		her mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
3	not do in a quote	past	I			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	bleed tho in a quote	present · progressive	it		still	tree rules
5	do	should	you		now	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Tell her to hide it under her trousers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	xcomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hide	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 trousers	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trousers	nmod:poss
8	trousers	trousers	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it		her trousers			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under trousers=Location

Option 2

Wait until tomorrow and see if it stops bleeding by itself in the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	3 tomorrow	case
3	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 see	cc
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 stops	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stops	nsubj
8	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	advcl
9	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stops	xcomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 itself	case
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 bleeding	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 night	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bleeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	tomorrow		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	stop a condition, not said to happen	present	it			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	bleed	gerund		night	by itself = it	vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Option 3

Keep quiet, because a promise is a promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 promise	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 promise	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promise	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 promise	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 promise	det
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a promise	a promise					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult now: a promise doesn't count when someone's hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Tell	advmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 count	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 promise	det
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 count	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 count	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 count	advmod
10	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 hurt	advmod
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 hurt	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 someone	case
14	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 count	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a adult	now	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	not count	present · do-support	a promise			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	hurt	participle	a promise not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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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