Test 2 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

Which of these is kind silence and not a lie?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 silence	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 silence	case
3	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 silence	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 silence	cop
5	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 silence	amod
6	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lie	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 lie	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lie	det
10	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 silence	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 silence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of kind silence and a lie	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 · ← Mova's choice

Saying you have the very same shoes at home when you don't

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shoes	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 same	advmod
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 shoes	amod
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 home	case
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Saying	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 do	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 do	nsubj
12	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 do	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		the same shoes	home	tree rules
2	have	present	you			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not do	present	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Saying you love the shoes when you hate them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 love	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 love	nsubj
3	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shoes	det
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 love	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hate	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hate	nsubj
8	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 love	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	love	present		the shoes	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus
3	hate	present	you	shoes = shoe	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not mentioning that you dislike a friend's new shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 mentioning	advmod
2	mentioning	mention	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 dislike	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 dislike	nsubj
5	dislike	dislike	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mentioning	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoes	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shoes	amod
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dislike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	dislike	present	you	a friend's new shoes					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus

Option 4

Telling others her shoes are ugly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ugly	csubj
2	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obj
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nmod:poss
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ugly	cop
6	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		others					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent other=Recipient shoe=Topic
2	is	present	Telling					ugly property	tree rules

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