Test 2 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander
What would happen if the school ignored the "go back" comments?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: school · What happens: happen, ignore, go back · To what, where: go comments
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Fights, racism and being a bystander» of the reflection 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 ignored | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ignored | nsubj |
| 7 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 comments | det |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 comments | compound |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 go | advmod |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 go | punct |
| 13 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ignored | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | ignore a condition, not said to happen | past | the school | the go comments | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comment=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go back in a quote | infinitive | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
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
Mo would stop caring and feel totally fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | caring | care | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 feel | cc |
| 6 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | conj |
| 7 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 8 fine | advmod |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | Mo | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | care | gerund | Mo not said here | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | feel | present | Mo not said here | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
It would make no difference to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 difference | det |
| 5 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | It | no difference | to anyone | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product |
Option 3
The bully would grow out of it within a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bully | det |
| 2 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 grow | aux |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 grow | obl |
| 8 | within | within | ADP | _ | 10 week | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 week | det |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow out | would | the bully | it | week | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The racist bullying would likely go on and Mo would keep hiding his culture
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bullying | det |
| 2 | racist | racist | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bullying | amod |
| 3 | bullying | bullying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 keep | cc |
| 9 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 keep | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 keep | aux |
| 11 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | conj |
| 12 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 keep | xcomp |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 culture | nmod:poss |
| 14 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | would | the racist bullying | likely property | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | would | Mo | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hide | gerund | Mo not said here | Mo's culture | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent culture=Patient |
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