Test 11 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

A boy says to Amira, sarcastic: "Cheers, Amira, we're all getting a C." What does "cheers" mean here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, we, cheers · What happens: say, get, do, mean · To what, where: Cheers, Amira, C. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Amira	case
5	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sarcastic	punct
7	sarcastic	sarcastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Amira	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 Cheers	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 Cheers	punct
10	Cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 says	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Amira	punct
12	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Cheers	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 getting	punct
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 getting	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 getting	aux
16	all	all	ADV	_	17 getting	advmod
17	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	conj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 C.	det
19	C.	c.	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 getting	obj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 does	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 does	nsubj
22	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 getting	conj
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 cheers	punct
24	cheers	cheer	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 mean	nsubj
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 cheers	punct
26	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 does	ccomp
27	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	26 mean	advmod
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy	Cheers	Amira and sarcastic			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic to amira=Recipient
2	get in a quote	present · progressive	we	a C.			all property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer c.=Stimulus
3	do	present						tree rules
4	mean	infinitive	cheers			here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

The options

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

Thanks for nothing; he is blaming her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blaming	discourse
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 nothing	case
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Thanks	nmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Thanks	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blaming	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 blaming	aux
7	blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 blaming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present · progressive	he	her = she					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

Thank you very much; he is truly grateful to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grateful	parataxis
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADV	_	1 Thank	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Thank	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grateful	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grateful	cop
8	truly	truly	ADV	_	9 grateful	advmod
9	grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 grateful	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			you				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	is	present	he		her = she			grateful, truly property	tree rules

Option 3

Goodbye; he is leaving the group right now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	vocative
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Goodbye	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leaving	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 leaving	aux
5	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leaving	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	9 now	advmod
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	present · progressive	he	the group			now	Goodbye vocative	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Theme

Option 4

Well done; he is proud of the whole team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 done	advmod
2	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 proud	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 proud	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proud	cop
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 done	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 team	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 team	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 team	amod
10	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle						well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he					of the whole team; proud property	tree rules

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