Test 8 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

★★ Kemi said «no biggie» on Monday and Lucy believed her. By Friday she has skipped lunch five days running. What has changed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, biggie, five days · What happens: say, believe, skip, run, change · To what, where: Kemi, lunch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: ★★ Kemi said «no biggie» on Monday and Lucy believed her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	Kemi	Kemi	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 biggie	punct
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 biggie	det
7	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 believed	nsubj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 biggie	punct
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 Monday	case
10	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 biggie	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Lucy	cc
12	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Monday	conj
13	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 believed	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	★						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	believe	past	no biggie on Monday and Lucy	Kemi					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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: By Friday she has skipped lunch five days running.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 Friday	case
2	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 skipped	obl
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 skipped	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 skipped	aux
5	skipped	skip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 skipped	obj
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 days	nummod
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skipped	obl
9	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 days	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 skipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	present · perfect	biggie	lunch			day; friday		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Agent
2	run	gerund	five days not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What has changed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 changed	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present · perfect							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Kemi has decided to stop eating lunch for a diet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kemi	Kemi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 decided	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 decided	aux
3	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 decided	xcomp
6	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 stop	xcomp
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eating	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 diet	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 diet	det
10	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect	Kemi			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	Kemi not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	eat	gerund	Kemi not said here	lunch	for a diet	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Once was nothing, but every day is a pattern to tell a teacher about

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 nothing	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 nothing	cop
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pattern	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 pattern	cc
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pattern	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 pattern	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pattern	det
10	pattern	pattern	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nothing	appos
11	to	to	PART	_	12 tell	mark
12	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 pattern	acl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
15	about	about	ADV	_	12 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		nothing		once property	tree rules
2	is a	present	every day	a pattern			tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			a teacher	about property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 3

Nothing, because Kemi said «no biggie» on the first day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 said	mark
4	Kemi	Kemi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 biggie	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 biggie	det
8	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 biggie	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Kemi	no biggie			day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent biggie=Topic

Option 4

Lucy should eat with someone else from now on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 eat	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 eat	aux
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 eat	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 someone	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 now	case
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 eat	obl
9	on	on	ADV	_	3 eat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	should	Lucy					with someone	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from now=Source

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