Test 10 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies Mum shows you a tiny box on page 42: "Correction: our story about the actress was untrue." The lie was on the front page. Why does it matter?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, Correction, lie · What happens: show, be, matter · To what, where: tiny box, you, page, front page · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» 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: Mum shows you a tiny box on page 42: "Correction: our story about the actress was untrue."
nsubj iobj det amod obj case nmod flat punct punct nsubj punct nmod:poss appos case det nmod cop parataxis punct punct root Mum NOUN shows VERB you PRON a DET tiny ADJ box NOUN on ADP page NOUN 42 NUM : PUNCT " PUNCT Correction NOUN : PUNCT our PRON story NOUN about ADP the DET actress NOUN was AUX untrue ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 shows nsubj 2 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 shows iobj 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 box det 5 tiny tiny ADJ Degree=Pos 6 box amod 6 box box NOUN Number=Sing 2 shows obj 7 on on ADP _ 8 page case 8 page page NOUN Number=Sing 6 box nmod 9 42 42 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 page flat 10 : : PUNCT _ 12 Correction punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 12 Correction punct 12 Correction correction NOUN Number=Sing 20 untrue nsubj 13 : : PUNCT _ 15 story punct 14 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 story nmod:poss 15 story story NOUN Number=Sing 12 Correction appos 16 about about ADP _ 18 actress case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 actress det 18 actress actress NOUN Number=Sing 15 story nmod 19 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 20 untrue cop 20 untrue untrue ADJ Degree=Pos 2 shows parataxis 21 . . PUNCT _ 20 untrue punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 2 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present Mum a tiny box you page tree rules 2 is in a quote past Correction untrue property 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: The lie was on the front page.
det nsubj cop case det amod punct root The DET lie NOUN was AUX on ADP the DET front ADJ page NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lie det 2 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 7 page nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 page cop 4 on on ADP _ 7 page case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 page det 6 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 7 page amod 7 page page NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 page punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the lie the front page tree rules
Sentence 3: Why does it matter?
advmod aux expl punct root Why ADV does AUX it PRON matter VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 matter advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 matter expl 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 matter punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 matter present · do-support page vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
The options Option 1 The correction will be on the front page in big letters next week
det nsubj aux cop case det amod case amod nmod amod nmod:unmarked root The DET correction NOUN will AUX be AUX on ADP the DET front ADJ page NOUN in ADP big ADJ letters NOUN next ADJ week NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 correction det 2 correction correction NOUN Number=Sing 8 page nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 page aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 page cop 5 on on ADP _ 8 page case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 page det 7 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 8 page amod 8 page page NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 in in ADP _ 11 letters case 10 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 11 letters amod 11 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 8 page nmod 12 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 13 week amod 13 week week NOUN Number=Sing 11 letters nmod:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is future the correction the front page in big letters next week tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Corrections are bigger than the stories
nsubj cop case det obl root Corrections NOUN are AUX bigger ADJ than ADP the DET stories NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Corrections correction NOUN Number=Plur 3 bigger nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bigger cop 3 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 than than ADP _ 6 stories case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 stories det 6 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 3 bigger obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Corrections than the stories; big property tree rules
Option 3 The actress wanted it on page 42
det nsubj obj case obl flat root The DET actress NOUN wanted VERB it PRON on ADP page NOUN 42 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 actress det 2 actress actress NOUN Number=Sing 3 wanted nsubj 3 wanted want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 wanted obj 5 on on ADP _ 6 page case 6 page page NOUN Number=Sing 3 wanted obl 7 42 42 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 page flat
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want past the actress it page vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Most readers saw the lie but never the correction
amod nsubj det obj cc advmod det conj root Most ADJ readers NOUN saw VERB the DET lie NOUN but CCONJ never ADV the DET correction NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Most most ADJ Degree=Sup 2 readers amod 2 readers reader NOUN Number=Plur 3 saw nsubj 3 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 lie det 5 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 3 saw obj 6 but but CCONJ _ 9 correction cc 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 correction advmod 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 correction det 9 correction correction NOUN Number=Sing 5 lie conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past Most readers the lie but the correction vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lie=Stimulus
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