Test 8 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored…

Be real, what's the lesson of this one, for real?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: lesson

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 364 «Aesop for Children, The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf: a bored boy cries "Wolf!" for fun until a real wolf comes» 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	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 real	cop
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lesson	csubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lesson	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 lesson	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lesson	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lesson	det
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 one	case
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lesson	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lesson	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive		real property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the lesson	of this one	tree rules
3	be				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

Keep lying and nobody trusts you, even true things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 trusts	cc
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 trusts	nsubj
5	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 trusts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 things	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	10 things	advmod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	true things	tree rules
2	lie	gerund	true things not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trust	present	nobody	you	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

If you keep lying, nobody believes you, even when it's true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 keep	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 believes	advcl
4	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 keep	punct
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 believes	nsubj
7	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 believes	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
10	even	even	ADV	_	14 true	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 true	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 true	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 believes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	you			tree rules
2	lie	gerund	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	believe	present	nobody	you		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
4	is	present	it		true property	tree rules

Option 3

Shepherds should always keep a close watch on the flock, because wolves can come at any time, day or night, without any warning at all

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 keep	advmod
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 watch	det
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 watch	amod
7	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 flock	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flock	det
10	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 come	mark
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 come	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 come	aux
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 keep	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 time	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 time	det
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 day	punct
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 time	conj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 night	cc
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 time	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 warning	punct
24	without	without	ADP	_	26 warning	case
25	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	26 warning	det
26	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 come	obl
27	at	at	ADP	_	28 all	case
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 warning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should	Shepherds	a close watch		the flock		always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent watch=Theme on flock=Location
2	come	can	wolves				time	without any warning at all	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

If you keep telling lies and playing silly tricks on people, then nobody will ever believe a word you say again, even when you are finally telling the truth

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 keep	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
3	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 believe	advcl
4	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 telling	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 playing	cc
7	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 telling	conj
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tricks	amod
9	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 playing	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 people	case
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 playing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 keep	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 believe	advmod
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 believe	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 believe	aux
16	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 believe	advmod
17	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 word	det
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 believe	obj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 say	nsubj
21	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 word	acl:relcl
22	again	again	ADV	_	21 say	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 telling	punct
24	even	even	ADV	_	29 telling	advmod
25	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	29 telling	advmod
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	29 telling	nsubj
27	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 telling	aux
28	finally	finally	ADV	_	29 telling	advmod
29	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 believe	advcl
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 truth	det
31	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	you				tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	lies			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient
3	play	gerund	you not said here	silly tricks		on people	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme
4	believe	future	nobody	a word	then; ever		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
5	say speech: assert	present	you	a word not said here	again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
6	tell speech: assert	present · progressive	you	the truth		finally property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

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