Test 18 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

apparently Leo told his nan he loved her knitted jumper but he HATES it, he's such a liar right

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

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	3 told	advmod
2	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 liar	advcl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nan	nmod:poss
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	iobj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 loved	nsubj
7	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 knitted	nsubj
9	knitted	knit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 loved	ccomp
10	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 knitted	obj
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 HATES	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 HATES	nsubj
13	HATES	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 loved	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 HATES	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 liar	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 liar	cop
18	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 liar	det:predet
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 liar	det
20	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
21	right	right	ADV	_	20 liar	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Leo		Leo's nan	apparently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient clause=Topic
2	love	past	Leo				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	knit	past	her = she	jumper			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Product
4	hate	present	Leo	jumper			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
5	is a	present	Leo	such liar		right property	tree rules

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

Yes, he should go back and tell her that the jumper is ugly and itchy

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 ugly	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 jumper	det
12	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ugly	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 ugly	cop
14	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tell	ccomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 itchy	cc
16	itchy	itchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ugly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	go back	should	he			vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	he not said here	her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	is	present	the jumper		ugly property	tree rules
4	be		the jumper not said here			tree rules

Option 2

Lying to nans is always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 fine	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 nans	case
3	nans	nan	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lying	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 fine	advmod
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund						to nans	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Lying					always, fine property	tree rules

Option 3

He should give the jumper away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 give	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 give	aux
3	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jumper	det
5	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 give	obj
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	should	He	the jumper				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme

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

Not really; thanking her warmly for her effort can be true and kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	12 true	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	thanking	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 true	csubj
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thanking	obj
6	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	4 thanking	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 effort	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 effort	nmod:poss
9	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thanking	obl
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 true	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 true	cop
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 kind	cc
14	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 true	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	gerund		her = she	for her effort; warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for effort=Attribute
2	is	can	thanking		true property	tree rules
3	be		thanking not said here			tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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