Test 7 · ★★ · Sorry, white lies and «because I said so»

Your mate says: "my mum said 'we'll see' about a PS5, so that's a yes!" Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, mum, we, that · What happens: say, see, be · To what, where: yes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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 mate says: "my mum said 'we'll see' about a PS5, so that's a yes!"

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 see	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 PS5	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 PS5	det
16	PS5	PS5	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 see	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 yes	punct
18	so	so	SCONJ	_	22 yes	mark
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	22 yes	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 yes	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 yes	det
22	yes	yes	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	parataxis
23	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Your mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see in a quote	future	we		about a PS5	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a in a quote	present	that	a yes		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: Is that right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it means it's being bought today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bought	nsubj:pass
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bought	aux
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 bought	aux:pass
8	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bought	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	buy	present · progressive · passive		it			today		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Yes, "we'll see" always means yes, just not straight away

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
5	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 see	punct
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 means	advmod
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 means	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 straight	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 straight	advmod
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 straight	advmod
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 away	advmod
15	away	away	ADV	_	9 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	future	we						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present						always, away property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not really, "we'll see" often means probably not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	10 means	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 really	parataxis
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 means	advmod
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	probably	probably	ADV	_	10 means	advmod
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	future	we						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not mean	present						often, probably property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

No, it means she's angry with him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 angry	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 angry	cop
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she					with him = he; angry property	tree rules

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