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Test 2 · ★ · Inference: reading between the lines

Ollie: «Grandma's hiding something, she's a criminal, 100%.» Which clue does Ollie ignore?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, clue · What happens: hide, be, ignore · To what, where: something, criminal

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 18 «Inference: reading between the lines» of the English 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: Ollie: «Grandma's hiding something, she's a criminal, 100%.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 hiding	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct
4	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hiding	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Grandma	case
6	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hiding	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 criminal	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 criminal	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 criminal	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 criminal	det
12	criminal	criminal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hiding	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 %	punct
14	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 %	nummod
15	%	%	SYM	Number=Sing	12 criminal	appos
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide in a quote	gerund	Ollie	something					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	Ollie	a criminal					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: Which clue does Ollie ignore?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 clue	det
2	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ignore	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ignore	aux
4	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ignore	nsubj
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ignore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	present · do-support	which clue						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

She was standing in a room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 standing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 standing	aux
3	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	She			a room			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Her eyes twinkled, which shows fun, not guilt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 twinkled	nsubj
3	twinkled	twinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shows	nsubj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 twinkled	parataxis
7	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 guilt	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 guilt	advmod
10	guilt	guilt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 twinkled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	twinkle	past	Her eyes	guilt					vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	present		fun					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fun=Recipient

Option 3

She was holding a parcel in her hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 holding	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 holding	aux
3	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 parcel	det
5	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hands	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · progressive	She	a parcel		her hands			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent parcel=Theme in hand=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She is a grandmother, and grandmothers never hide anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grandmother	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grandmother	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 grandmother	det
4	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hide	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hide	cc
7	grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hide	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 hide	advmod
9	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grandmother	parataxis
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a grandmother					tree rules
2	not hide	present	grandmothers	anything					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

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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