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Test 11 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Your friend lies to the teacher that another child broke the window, to get out of trouble. What kind of lie is that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, child, that · What happens: lie, break, get out, be · To what, where: teacher, trouble, kind

This is test 11 · ★★ 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 friend lies to the teacher that another child broke the window, to get out of trouble.

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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	nsubj
3	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 teacher	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lies	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 broke	obj
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	nsubj
10	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 teacher	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 window	det
12	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 broke	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 get	punct
14	to	to	PART	_	15 get	mark
15	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 broke	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	18 trouble	case
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 trouble	case
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 get	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Your friend					to the teacher	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	break	past	another child	the teacher					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Patient window=Result
3	get out	to-infinitive	another child not said here	trouble					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: What kind of lie is that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 lie	case
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	cop
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 kind	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	what kind				of lie	tree rules

The options

Option 1

A kind white lie that is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lie	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	amod
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	amod
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a kind white lie					fine property	tree rules

Option 2

A good secret about a surprise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 secret	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 secret	amod
3	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 surprise	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 surprise	det
6	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 secret	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A harmful lie that is not OK

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lie	det
2	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lie	amod
3	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 OK	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 OK	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 OK	advmod
7	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lie	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a harmful lie					ok property	tree rules

Option 4

A polite phrase everyone understands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 phrase	det
2	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 phrase	amod
3	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understands	nsubj
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 understands	nsubj
5	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	understand	present	a polite phrase						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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