Test 13 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel…

So what's the big lesson, then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: big lesson

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1309 «Old Deccan Days, The Girl with One Hand, part 34: a cruel brother cuts off his sister's hand, and a prince finds her crying in a tree» of the books 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	6 lesson	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 lesson	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lesson	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lesson	amod
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lesson	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 lesson	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the big lesson			then		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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Don't believe every rumour you hear, and don't be jealous of your sister's luck

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 believe	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 believe	advmod
3	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rumour	det
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believe	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
7	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 jealous	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 jealous	cc
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 jealous	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 jealous	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 jealous	cop
13	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 believe	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	18 luck	case
15	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 sister	nmod:poss
16	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 luck	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 sister	case
18	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 jealous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not believe	imperative · do-support	you not said here	every rumour		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
2	hear	present	you	every rumour not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
3	not is	infinitive · do-support			of your sister's luck; jealous property	tree rules

Option 2

Never trust a stranger's word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trust	advmod
2	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 stranger	case
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trust	imperative	you not said here	a stranger's word					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	word		a stranger						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Don't believe every rumour you hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 believe	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 believe	advmod
3	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rumour	det
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believe	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
7	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	imperative · do-support	you not said here	every rumour					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
2	hear	present	you	every rumour not said here					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus

Option 4

Don't believe every rumour you hear, check the facts before you act on it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 believe	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 believe	advmod
3	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 rumour	det
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 believe	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
7	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 check	punct
9	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 believe	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 check	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 act	mark
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 act	nsubj
14	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 check	advcl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 act	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not believe	imperative · do-support	you not said here	every rumour		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
2	hear	present	you	every rumour not said here		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus
3	check	infinitive		the facts		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
4	act	present	you		rumour	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on it=Eventuality

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