Test 17 · Remembering details

everyone's saying the robber at the corner shop was 7 foot tall with a scar, my mate's mum saw him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, corner shop, mum · What happens: say, be, see · To what, where: robber, 7 foot, him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 18 «Remembering details» 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 robber	det
5	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	12 foot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
8	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shop	compound
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 foot	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 foot	cop
11	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 foot	nummod
12	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saying	obl
13	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 foot	amod
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 scar	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 scar	det
16	scar	scar	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tall	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 saw	punct
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mate	nmod:poss
19	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 mum	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 mate	case
21	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 saw	nsubj
22	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone	the robber		tree rules
2	is	past	the corner shop		7 foot	tree rules
3	see	past	my mate's mum	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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 · ← Mova's choice

It must be exactly true because a mum saw it

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	5 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 saw	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mum	det
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 true	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					exactly, true property	tree rules
2	see	past	a mum	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

It proves robbers are always very tall

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 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	robbers	robber	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 proves	obj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 always	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 proves	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It	robbers				tall property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Theme
2	is	present						always property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rumours change as they spread; tell only what you saw yourself, and the details may have grown

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rumours	rumour	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	5 spread	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	nsubj
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 change	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 change	parataxis
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 what	advmod
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 saw	obj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 saw	nsubj
11	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	ccomp
12	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 saw	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 grown	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 grown	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 details	det
16	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 grown	nsubj:pass
17	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 grown	aux
18	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 grown	aux
19	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 change	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	present	Rumours		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spread	present	Rumours = rumour		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	see	past	you	yourself	tree rules
5	grow	may · perfect · passive		the details	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is fine to tell police what the gossip says as your own

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 fine	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 says	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gossip	det
9	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	ccomp
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 says	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive		police		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent police=Recipient clause=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	the gossip		as your own	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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