Test 16 · ★ · Reading faces and voices

Noah says if someone's smiling they can't be upset. true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, someone · What happens: say, smile, not be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 14 «Reading faces and voices» 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	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 upset	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 upset	nsubj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 someone	case
6	smiling	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 someone	acl
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 upset	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 upset	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 upset	advmod
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 upset	cop
11	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 true	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 upset	punct
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Noah		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	smile	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a condition, not said to happen	can	someone	upset 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

Yes, unless they are crying too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 crying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 crying	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crying	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	aux
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	too	too	ADV	_	6 crying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present · progressive	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, people sometimes smile to hide how they feel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 smile	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 smile	nsubj
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 smile	advmod
5	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hide	mark
7	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 smile	advcl
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 feel	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 feel	nsubj
10	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hide	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	smile	present	people	sometimes property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hide	to-infinitive	people not said here		tree rules
3	feel	present	people		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, smiles always show real feelings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	smiles	smile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 show	advmod
5	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 feelings	amod
7	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	smiles	real feelings				always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, sad people never smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smile	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 smile	advmod
6	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not smile	present	sad people						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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