Test 20 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners

Mia told me she likes Tom "like like" n now Leo asks me "is it true??"

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, Leo, n · What happens: tell, like, ask, be · To what, where: me, Tom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» of the everyday 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	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 likes	nsubj
5	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 told	ccomp
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 likes	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 true	punct
8	like	like	INTJ	_	19 true	discourse
9	like	like	SCONJ	_	19 true	mark
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 n	punct
11	n	n	X	_	19 true	nsubj
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 asks	advmod
13	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 asks	nsubj
14	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 n	parataxis
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 asks	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 asks	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 true	cop
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 true	nsubj
19	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 likes	parataxis
20	??	??	PUNCT	_	19 true	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 likes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Mia		me			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2	like	present	Mia	Tom				tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	Leo		me	now		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
4	is in a quote	present	n				true 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.

The options

Option 1

Make up a different story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	a different story					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot

Option 2

Tell Leo it is true, because he asked you straight out and lying is wrong

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 asked	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	nsubj
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 asked	iobj
11	straight	straight	ADV	_	12 out	advmod
12	out	out	ADV	_	9 asked	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wrong	cc
14	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 wrong	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 wrong	cop
16	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Leo		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent leo=Recipient
2	is	present	it		true property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	past	Leo	you	out property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
4	lie	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is	present			wrong property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mia has a crush on Tom and trusted you; say it is not yours to tell and keep it private

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crush	det
4	crush	crush	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 Tom	case
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 crush	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 trusted	cc
8	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 has	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 trusted	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 yours	nsubj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 yours	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 yours	cop
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 yours	advmod
15	yours	your	PRON	Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 has	parataxis
16	to	to	PART	_	17 tell	mark
17	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 yours	acl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 keep	cc
19	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 tell	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 keep	obj
21	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	Mia	a crush	Tom		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crush=Patient
2	trust	past	Mia not said here	you			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	say speech: assert	infinitive					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	not is a	present		yours			tree rules
5	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	Mia not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	keep	infinitive	Mia not said here	crush		private property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Tell Tom about it straight away so he knows and can ask Mia out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	obl
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 knows	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ask	cc
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 ask	aux
12	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 knows	conj
13	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ask	iobj
14	out	out	ADV	_	12 ask	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Tom	about it; away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient about it=Topic
2	know	present	Tom			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	ask out speech: ask	can	Tom not said here	Mia	out property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mia=Recipient

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