Test 7 · ★ · Chores and broken things

Your friend says that breaking a mirror means seven years of bad luck. What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, breaking, truth · What happens: say, break, mean, be · To what, where: mirror · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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

Sentence 1: Your friend says that breaking a mirror means seven years of bad luck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 means	mark
5	breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 means	csubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mirror	det
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 breaking	obj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 years	nummod
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 means	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 luck	case
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 luck	amod
13	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 years	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	gerund		a mirror		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mirror=Patient
3	mean	present	breaking		year	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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: What is the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is true, but only for small mirrors that break in the bathroom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mirrors	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 mirrors	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 mirrors	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 mirrors	case
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mirrors	amod
9	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 true	parataxis
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 break	nsubj
11	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mirrors	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 bathroom	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bathroom	det
14	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 break	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	break	present	small mirrors			the bathroom			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bathroom=Location

Option 2

It brings seven weeks, not seven years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 weeks	nummod
4	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brings	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 years	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 years	advmod
7	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 years	nummod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 brings	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	It				week; year		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a superstition; only the broken glass is a danger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 superstition	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 superstition	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 superstition	det
4	superstition	superstition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 danger	punct
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 glass	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 glass	det
8	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 glass	amod
9	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 danger	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 danger	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 danger	det
12	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 superstition	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a superstition	tree rules
2	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is a	present	the broken glass	a danger	tree rules

Option 4

It is true unless you say sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 say	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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