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Test 5 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

★ Grandad says «it's nothing», and he's a grown-up. Why still tell someone?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, it, you · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: nothing, grown up, someone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: ★ Grandad says «it's nothing», and he's a grown-up.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	flat
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 nothing	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 nothing	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 nothing	cop
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 says	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 nothing	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 up	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 up	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 up	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 up	det
14	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 up	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
16	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	★						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	it	nothing					tree rules
3	is a	present	★	a grown up					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.

Sentence 2: Why still tell someone?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 tell	advmod
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 tell	advmod
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 tell	iobj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		someone		still		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Because you want him to get into trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 want	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 get	advcl
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	you	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive				trouble			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination

Option 2

Because grown-ups never know when they are ill, so children must decide

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 know	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 know	advmod
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 decide	advcl
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 ill	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ill	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ill	cop
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 know	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 decide	advmod
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 decide	nsubj
14	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 decide	aux
15	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not know	present	grown ups						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	ups = up					ill property	tree rules
4	decide	must	children						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Because Grandad is always lying about everything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 lying	mark
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lying	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lying	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 lying	advmod
5	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 everything	case
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present · progressive	Grandad					about everything; always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about everything=Location

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

Grown-ups play things down too, and a doctor may need to check

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	nsubj
4	play	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 play	compound:prt
7	too	too	ADV	_	4 play	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 need	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 need	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 doctor	det
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 need	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 need	aux
13	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 play	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 check	mark
15	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	play down	present	Grown ups	things					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	need	may	a doctor						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	check not said to happen	to-infinitive	a doctor not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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