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Test 8 · ★★ · Fights, racism and being a bystander

Max says, "It wasn't me, I just stood there." Why does he still feel guilty?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Max, It · What happens: say, not be, stand, feel · To what, where: Max · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Max says, "It wasn't me, I just stood there."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 me	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 me	punct
5	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 me	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 me	cop
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 me	advmod
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 stood	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 me	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 stood	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stood	advmod
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stood	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Max						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not is a in a quote	past	It	Max					tree rules
3	stand in a quote	past	Max			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 does he still feel guilty?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 feel	advmod
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present · do-support	Max				still	guilty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Doing nothing while someone is hurt can feel like being part of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 feel	csubj
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Doing	obj
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 hurt	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hurt	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hurt	aux:pass
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Doing	advcl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 feel	aux
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 part	case
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 part	cop
11	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feel	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
2	hurt	present · passive		someone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	feel	can	Doing						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	is	gerund						like part; of part	tree rules

Option 2

He is guilty about something else that happened

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 guilty	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guilty	cop
3	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 guilty	obl
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 something	advmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 happened	nsubj
8	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 something	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					about something; guilty property	tree rules
2	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Standing still is against school rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 rules	csubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Standing	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rules	cop
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	compound
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund					still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Standing					against school rules	tree rules

Option 4

He secretly did hit the younger kid when nobody was looking at him

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	4 hit	nsubj
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 hit	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hit	aux
4	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hit	obj
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 looking	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 looking	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 looking	aux
11	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hit	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past · do-support	He	the younger kid				secretly property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kid=Co-Theme
2	look	past · progressive	nobody					at kid	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

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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