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Exam question 3 · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

It is given that a parent responds to a request for a puppy with the words "We'll see". Determine the most probable meaning of this response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parent, We, you · What happens: give, respond, see, determine, mean · To what, where: It, words, probable meaning, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a parent responds to a request for a puppy with the words "We'll see".

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 responds	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 parent	det
6	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 responds	nsubj
7	responds	respond	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 request	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 request	det
10	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 responds	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 puppy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 puppy	det
13	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 request	nmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 words	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 words	det
16	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 puppy	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 see	punct
18	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 see	nsubj
19	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 see	aux
20	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 words	acl:relcl
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 see	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	respond speech: other	present	a parent					to a request for a puppy with the words	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
3	see in a quote	future	We	the words not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus

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: Determine the most probable meaning of this response.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 meaning	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 probable	advmod
4	probable	probable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 meaning	amod
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 response	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 response	det
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 meaning	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the probable meaning of this response					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	mean			this response					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An unconditional promise that a puppy will be obtained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 promise	det
2	unconditional	unconditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 promise	amod
3	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 obtained	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 puppy	det
6	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtained	nsubj:pass
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 obtained	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 obtained	aux:pass
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 promise	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	future · passive		a puppy					tree rules

Option 2

A request to inspect a photograph of the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 request	det
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 inspect	mark
4	inspect	inspect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 request	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 photograph	det
6	photograph	photograph	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inspect	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 animal	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 animal	det
9	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 photograph	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect	to-infinitive		a photograph of the animal					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Probably not, although no refusal is yet stated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Probably	probably	ADV	_	2 not	advmod
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 stated	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 not	punct
4	although	although	SCONJ	_	9 stated	mark
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 refusal	det
6	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stated	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 stated	aux:pass
8	yet	yet	ADV	_	9 stated	advmod
9	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not state speech: other	present · passive		no refusal			yet		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

Option 4

A final and permanent prohibition of the subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prohibition	det
2	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prohibition	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 permanent	cc
4	permanent	permanent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 final	conj
5	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 subject	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 subject	det
8	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prohibition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit			the subject					nom prohibition «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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