Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking…
"Mate, there's no homework today." "Seriously?" "Nah, just pulling your leg." Is there homework?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: homework · What happens: be, pull · To what, where: leg
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms 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: "Mate, there's no homework today." "
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| 2 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 's | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mate | punct |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 's | expl |
| 5 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 homework | det |
| 7 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 's | nsubj |
| 8 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 's | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 's | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | no homework | there | today | Mate vocative | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Seriously?" "
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Seriously | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Seriously | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Seriously | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Nah, just pulling your leg."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 pulling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 pulling | advmod |
| 4 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 leg | nmod:poss |
| 6 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulling | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulling | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | gerund | your leg | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme |
Sentence 4: Is there homework?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 1 Is | expl |
| 3 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | homework | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, he was joking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 joking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 joking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 joking | aux |
| 5 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | past · progressive | he | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No, he told the truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | the truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
Option 3
Only for some pupils
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 pupils | advmod |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 pupils | case |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 pupils | det |
| 4 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nobody knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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