Test 7 · ★ · Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends

"Grandad's posting proper nonsense again, I'm gonna call him out in front of everyone" says Priya. What is the kinder, better plan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Priya · What happens: post, call out, say, be · To what, where: proper nonsense, Grandad, front · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 15 «Grandma and Uncle on opposite sides: staying friends» of the politics 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's posting proper nonsense again, I'm gonna call him out in front of everyone" says Priya.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 posting	punct
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 posting	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 posting	aux
4	posting	post	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 says	ccomp
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nonsense	amod
6	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 posting	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 posting	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 call	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 call	nsubj
10	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 call	aux
11	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	12 call	dep
12	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 posting	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 call	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 call	compound:prt
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 front	case
16	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 call	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 everyone	case
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 front	nmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 posting	punct
20	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 says	nsubj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	post in a quote	present · progressive	Grandad	proper nonsense			again	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Theme
2	call out speech: assert in a quote	present	Priya		Grandad	front of everyone		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	present	Priya					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: What is the kinder, better plan?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 kinder	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kinder	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kinder	det
4	kinder	kind	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 plan	punct
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 plan	amod
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kinder	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 kinder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						better plan obl; kind property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Shout it at dinner so all can hear, so that Grandad feels ashamed and stops posting

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Shout	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 dinner	case
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 hear	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 feels	punct
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 feels	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 feels	nsubj
13	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shout	parataxis
14	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 feels	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 stops	cc
16	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 feels	conj
17	posting	post	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 stops	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here	it	dinner		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	hear	can	all				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	feel	present	Grandad			ashamed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	stop	present	Grandad not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	post	gerund	Grandad not said here				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Check the fact, then tell him gently and in private

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fact	det
3	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Check	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Check	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tell	iobj
8	gently	gently	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 private	cc
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 private	case
11	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Check	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	the fact					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		him = he		then	gently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

Post a mean meme about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meme	det
3	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meme	amod
4	meme	meme	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Post	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	a mean meme				about him = he	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meme=Theme

Option 4

Never speak to him again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 speak	advmod
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 speak	obl
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 speak	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here		him = he		again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

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