Test 6 · ★ · Why people lie, and what is not a lie
A girl says she understood the fractions lesson because she felt embarrassed. What will most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, understand, feel, happen · To what, where: fractions lesson · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl says she understood the fractions lesson because she felt embarrassed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 understood | nsubj |
| 5 | understood | understand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lesson | det |
| 7 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lesson | compound |
| 8 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 understood | obj |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 felt | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 felt | nsubj |
| 11 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 understood | advcl |
| 12 | embarrassed | embarrassed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 felt | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | understand | past | girl | the fractions lesson | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | girl | embarrassed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What will most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
She will get every fractions question right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 question | det |
| 5 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 question | compound |
| 6 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 7 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | every fractions question | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer question=Stimulus |
Option 2
The teacher will know anyway and not mind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 know | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 know | aux |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 know | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 mind | cc |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 mind | advmod |
| 8 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 know | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | future | the teacher | anyway property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | not mind | infinitive | the teacher not said here | vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
She will understand fractions later by magic, without any help at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 understand | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 understand | aux |
| 3 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 later | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 understand | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 magic | case |
| 7 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 understand | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 help | punct |
| 9 | without | without | ADP | _ | 11 help | case |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 help | det |
| 11 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 understand | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 all | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 help | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | future | She | by magic; without any help at all; late property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She will miss the help she needs with fractions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 miss | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 miss | aux |
| 3 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 help | det |
| 5 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 miss | obj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 needs | nsubj |
| 7 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 help | acl:relcl |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 fractions | case |
| 9 | fractions | fraction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | future | She | the help | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | need | present | she | the help not said here | with fractions | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme |
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