Test 18 · ★ · Reading faces and voices

kid at school says if someone smiles with just their mouth it means they're lying to you, always

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, someone, it, they · What happens: say, smile, mean, lie · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 school	case
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 smiles	mark
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 smiles	nsubj
7	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 means	advcl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 mouth	case
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 mouth	advmod
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mouth	nmod:poss
11	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 smiles	obl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 means	nsubj
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 lying	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lying	aux
16	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 means	ccomp
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 you	case
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 lying	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 always	punct
20	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 lying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid at school			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	smile a condition, not said to happen	present	someone		with their mouth	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present	it			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	lie	present · progressive	they	you	always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1

He is right, a mouth-only smile always means lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 smile	det
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 only	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 mouth	punct
8	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 smile	amod
9	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 means	advmod
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
12	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	mean	present	a only smile	always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	lie	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is right, so never trust any smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 trust	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 trust	advmod
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 trust	advmod
7	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 smile	det
9	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trust	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not trust	infinitive	He not said here	any smile					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Theme

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

That goes too far; a real smile often crinkles the eyes, but people misread faces, so ask if unsure

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 far	advmod
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 goes	advmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 crinkles	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smile	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 smile	amod
8	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 crinkles	nsubj
9	often	often	ADV	_	10 crinkles	advmod
10	crinkles	crinkle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 eyes	det
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 crinkles	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 misread	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 misread	cc
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 misread	nsubj
16	misread	misread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 crinkles	parataxis
17	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 misread	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 ask	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 ask	advmod
20	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
21	if	if	SCONJ	_	22 unsure	mark
22	unsure	unsure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 ask	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	That		far property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	crinkle	present	a real smile	the eyes	often property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
3	misread	past	people	faces		tree rules
4	ask speech: ask	infinitive				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is right, crinkly eyes always mean anger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct
5	crinkly	crinkly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 eyes	amod
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 mean	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 mean	advmod
8	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	mean	present	crinkly eyes	anger				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Topic

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