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Test 3 · ★★ · Promises, memory and keeping each other safe

«Grassing on a mate is the worst thing ever,» says a boy in Glasgow (grassing = telling on someone). In this case, what's true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: grass, be, say, tell · To what, where: mate, worst thing, someone, case · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Promises, memory and keeping each other safe» of the religion ethics 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: «Grassing on a mate is the worst thing ever,» says a boy in Glasgow (grassing = telling on someone).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Grassing	punct
2	Grassing	grass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 says	ccomp
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 mate	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mate	det
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Grassing	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Grassing	obj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 thing	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Grassing	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 Glasgow	case
17	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 boy	nmod
18	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 grassing	punct
19	grassing	grass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 boy	acl
20	=	=	PUNCT	_	21 telling	punct
21	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 grassing	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	23 someone	case
23	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 telling	obl
24	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 grassing	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grass in a quote	gerund				a mate			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		the worst thing			ever		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	a boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	grass	gerund	a boy not said here						vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
5	tell speech: assert	gerund	a boy not said here			someone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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: In this case, what's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 case	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 case	det
3	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 true	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 case	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 true	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 true	cop
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				this case		true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only tell if the mate says you can

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mate	det
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 can	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	the mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Tell other kids but not adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kids	amod
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	obj
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 adults	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 adults	advmod
6	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kids	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		other kids but adults				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient

Option 3

He's right; you must never, ever tell on a mate, whatever happens to him, ever

The tree, 16 words

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 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 tell	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 tell	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 never	punct
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 mate	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mate	det
13	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 happens	punct
15	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 happens	nsubj
16	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 happens	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ever	punct
20	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not tell speech: assert	must	you			a mate	ever; ever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	happen	present	whatever		him = he				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling an adult when a friend is in danger is being a good friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 friend	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 danger	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 danger	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 danger	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 danger	case
9	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	ccomp
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 friend	cop
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 friend	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 friend	det
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 friend	amod
14	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	is	present	a friend			danger			tree rules
3	is a	present	Telling	a good friend					tree rules

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