Test 11 · ★ · The rumour that grows

A rough voice in the line: "Shut up, the whole school's getting knocked down, my mate's cousin said." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, best reply · What happens: shut up, knock down, say, be · To what, where: line, whole school · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 167 «The rumour that grows» of the world 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: A rough voice in the line: "Shut up, the whole school's getting knocked down, my mate's cousin said."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 voice	det
2	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 voice	amod
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 line	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 line	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 line	det
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Shut	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Shut	punct
9	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 line	acl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 Shut	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 knocked	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 school	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 school	amod
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 knocked	nsubj:pass
15	's	's	PART	_	14 school	case
16	getting	get	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 knocked	aux:pass
17	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Shut	conj
18	down	down	ADP	_	17 knocked	compound:prt
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 said	punct
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mate	nmod:poss
21	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 cousin	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 mate	case
23	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 said	nsubj
24	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Shut	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 line	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 line	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle		the line not said here	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	knock down in a quote	gerund · passive		the whole school	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
3	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my mate's cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that 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.

Sentence 2: What is the best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

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

"Who actually saw it? Let's ask the office."

Sentence 1: "Who actually saw it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 saw	nsubj
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 saw	advmod
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	past		it				actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Sentence 2: Let's ask the office."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 office	det
5	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	's					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	's not said here	the office					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent office=Recipient

Option 2

"Then let's not bother doing our homework any more."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct
2	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 let	advmod
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	's	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 bother	advmod
6	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bother	xcomp
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 homework	nmod:poss
9	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obj
10	any	any	ADV	_	11 more	advmod
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 doing	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	let in a quote	imperative	you not said here	's	then	tree rules
2	not bother in a quote	infinitive	's not said here			tree rules
3	not do in a quote	gerund	's not said here	our homework		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

Option 3

"My cousin says that too, so it must be true, then."

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 too	mark
6	too	too	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 true	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 true	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 true	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 true	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 true	cop
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	parataxis
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 then	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 true	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	My cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	must	cousin				then	true property	tree rules

Option 4

"Quick, go and tell everyone about it before break."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
2	Quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Quick	punct
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 go	conj
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 tell	iobj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 tell	obl
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 break	case
11	break	break	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	you not said here		everyone		before break	about it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient about it=Topic

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