Test 10 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

my bro says santa isnt real, tell my lil sis?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, santa · What happens: say, tell · To what, where: lil sis · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bro	nmod:poss
2	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	santa	Santa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tell	nsubj
5	isnt	isnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 real	amod
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 santa	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 santa	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sis	nmod:poss
10	lil	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sis	amod
11	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my bro						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	santa	my lil sis					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sis=Recipient

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

Yes, and tell the whole class too, so everyone knows the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 class	amod
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 knows	advmod
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 truth	det
14	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the whole class					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent class=Recipient
2	know	present	everyone	the truth					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, she needs the truth now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needs	nsubj
4	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 truth	det
6	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needs	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	she	the truth			now		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot truth=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, families decide that, don't spoil it for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 decide	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 decide	nsubj
4	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 spoil	mark
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spoil	punct
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 spoil	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 spoil	advmod
9	spoil	spoil	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decide	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spoil	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spoil	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	families						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not spoil	infinitive · do-support		it				for her = she	tree rules

Option 4

Only tell her on her birthday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tell	iobj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 birthday	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 birthday	nmod:poss
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obl

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

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