Test 13 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

gran's jumper is a bit itchy, tell her i hate it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: jumper, i · What happens: be, tell, hate · To what, where: jumper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jumper	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 gran	case
3	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 itchy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 itchy	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 itchy	obl:unmarked
7	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tell	punct
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 itchy	parataxis
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hate	nmod:poss
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 hate	nsubj
12	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tell	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hate	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 itchy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	gran's jumper		a bit obl:unmarked; itchy property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hate	present	i	jumper		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=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

Throw it away in front of her so she doesn't knit another one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throw	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Throw	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 front	case
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Throw	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 front	nmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 knit	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knit	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 knit	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 knit	advmod
12	knit	knit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Throw	advcl
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 one	det
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw away	imperative	you not said here	it		front of her		away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Destination
2	not knit	present · do-support	she	another one					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product

Option 2

Give it back angrily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	back	back	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod
4	angrily	angrily	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	imperative	you not said here	it				angrily property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Tell her it's horrible

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 horrible	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 horrible	cop
5	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thank her kindly for the effort, no need to say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	1 Thank	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 effort	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 effort	det
6	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thank	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 need	det
9	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 effort	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 need	acl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			her = she			for the effort and no need; kindly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for effort=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		need					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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