Test 2 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

«Conor said he's grand so we carried on playing, he's just being a bit sick lol» What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Conor, we · What happens: say, be, carry, play · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Conor	Conor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 grand	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 grand	cop
6	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 carried	nsubj
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 grand	advcl
10	on	on	SCONJ	_	11 playing	mark
11	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 carried	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sick	punct
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sick	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 sick	cop
15	just	just	ADV	_	19 sick	advmod
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 sick	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bit	det
18	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sick	obl:unmarked
19	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
20	lol	lol	INTJ	_	19 sick	discourse
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 sick	punct
22	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 wrong	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 wrong	cop
24	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Conor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Conor	grand property	tree rules
3	carry in a quote	past	we		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	play in a quote	gerund	we not said here		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	present	Conor	a bit obl:unmarked; sick property	tree rules
6	is	present		wrong 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

He should drink water and play in goal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drink	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drink	aux
3	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 play	cc
6	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	conj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 goal	case
8	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	should	He	water and play		goal			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, «grand» means he's fine to keep playing, so the game goes on

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 means	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 grand	punct
4	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	nsubj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 grand	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	ccomp
10	to	to	PART	_	11 keep	mark
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fine	csubj
12	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 keep	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 goes	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 goes	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 game	det
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 goes	nsubj
17	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	conj
18	on	on	ADV	_	17 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nothing		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he	fine property	tree rules
3	keep	to-infinitive			tree rules
4	play	gerund			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	go on	present	the game		vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Nothing, being sick is normal in a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 normal	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sick	punct
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 normal	cop
6	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 game	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 normal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						sick property	tree rules
2	is	present	Nothing			a game		normal property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Being sick after a head bang means an adult must know at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sick	cop
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	csubj
3	after	after	ADP	_	6 bang	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bang	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bang	compound
6	bang	bang	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sick	obl
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 know	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 know	aux
11	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	ccomp
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		after a head bang	sick property	tree rules
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know	must	a adult			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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