Test 1 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Your sister says, "Mum lied about Auntie's jumper, so Mum's a liar like a thief." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Mum, you · What happens: say, lie, be, put · To what, where: liar, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»» of the adult life 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: Your sister says, "Mum lied about Auntie's jumper, so Mum's a liar like a thief."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lied	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 lied	punct
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lied	nsubj
7	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 jumper	case
9	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 jumper	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Auntie	case
11	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lied	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 liar	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 liar	advmod
14	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 liar	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 liar	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 liar	det
17	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lied	obl
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 thief	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 thief	det
20	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 liar	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lie in a quote	past	Mum		about Auntie's jumper	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about jumper=Location
3	is a in a quote	present	Mum	a liar	like a thief	tree rules

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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Mum			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Mum was only lying to get another jumper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lying	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 lying	advmod
4	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lying	xcomp
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 jumper	det
8	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	Mum						tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	Mum not said here	another jumper					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jumper=Stimulus

Option 2

She's right, it's just as bad as stealing from the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	_	9 bad	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bad	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bad	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 stealing	mark
11	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 bad	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 shop	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 shop	det
14	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		right property	tree rules
2	is	present	it		bad property	tree rules
3	steal	gerund		the shop		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It was a small kind white lie, not a harmful one

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	7 lie	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lie	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lie	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lie	amod
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lie	amod
6	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lie	amod
7	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 one	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lie	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a small kind white lie and a harmful one					tree rules

Option 4

It wasn't a lie, Mum really loves orange

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	5 lie	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 lie	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lie	det
5	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Mum	punct
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loves	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 loves	advmod
9	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lie	parataxis
10	orange	orange	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	It	a lie					tree rules
2	love	present	Mum	orange					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer orange=Stimulus

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