Test 14 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie

gonna say i'm at jack's but really going to the lake

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: gonna, i · What happens: say, be, go · To what, where: jack, lake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 195 «Why people lie, and what is not a lie» 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	gonna	gonna	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 say	nsubj
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 jack	nsubj
4	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 jack	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 jack	case
6	jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 say	obj
7	's	's	PART	_	6 jack	case
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 going	cc
9	really	really	ADV	_	10 going	advmod
10	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 say	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 lake	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lake	det
13	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	gonna		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	i	jack	tree rules
3	go	gerund	gonna not said here	the lake	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to lake=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

Tell the truth, if something goes wrong no one knows where you are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 truth	det
3	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 goes	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 goes	mark
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 goes	xcomp
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 goes	conj
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 knows	ccomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 where	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the truth		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present	something		wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	know	present	no one			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present	you		where property	tree rules

Option 2

Say it then text later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 text	nsubj
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 text	advmod
4	text	text	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 text	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	text	past	it				then	late property	tree rules

Option 3

It's fine, nothing will happen, you're only going for an hour or so

The tree, 15 words

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	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 happen	punct
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 happen	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 happen	aux
7	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 going	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 going	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 going	aux
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 going	advmod
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 happen	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 hour	case
14	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hour	det
15	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 going	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 so	cc
17	so	so	ADV	_	3 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	happen	future	nothing			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	present · progressive	you	hour		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Tell your little brother only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 brother	nmod:poss
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brother	amod
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		your little brother				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent brother=Recipient

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