Test 21 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

gran whispered "those two are a bit more than friends, if you know what I mean" about the neighbours. what does she mean and what do you do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: two, you, I, gran · What happens: whisper, be, know, mean, do · To what, where: gran, neighbours · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	27 mean	nsubj
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 gran	acl
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 more	punct
4	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 two	det
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 more	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 more	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 more	obl:unmarked
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 whispered	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 friends	case
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 more	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 know	punct
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 know	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 know	nsubj
15	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 whispered	parataxis
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 mean	obj
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 mean	nsubj
18	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 know	ccomp
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 neighbours	punct
20	about	about	ADP	_	22 neighbours	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 neighbours	det
22	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 mean	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 gran	punct
24	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 mean	obj
25	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 mean	aux
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 mean	nsubj
27	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 do	cc
29	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 do	obj
30	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 do	aux
31	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	32 do	nsubj
32	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 mean	conj
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	27 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	participle		gran not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	that two		than friends; a bit obl:unmarked; more property	tree rules
3	know a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	mean in a quote	present	I	the neighbours		tree rules
5	mean	present · do-support	gran			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
6	do	present · do-support	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

They broke a rule, so you tell the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rule	det
4	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 tell	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 police	det
10	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	They	a rule					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	present	you	the police					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are probably a couple; that is their private business, so leave it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 couple	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 couple	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 couple	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 couple	det
5	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 business	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 business	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 business	cop
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 business	nmod:poss
10	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 business	amod
11	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 couple	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 leave	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 leave	advmod
14	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 business	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	a couple	probably property	tree rules
2	is a	present	that	their private business		tree rules
3	leave	infinitive		business		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

They are secretly enemies, so you warn them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 enemies	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 enemies	cop
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 enemies	advmod
4	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 warn	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 warn	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 warn	nsubj
8	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 enemies	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	enemies				secretly property	tree rules
2	warn speech: warn	present	you		enemies = enemy				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 4

They must be cousins, so you go and ask them all about their family tree

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cousins	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cousins	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 cousins	cop
4	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cousins	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ask	cc
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ask	iobj
12	all	all	ADV	_	16 tree	advmod
13	about	about	ADP	_	16 tree	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 tree	nmod:poss
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tree	compound
16	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	must	They	cousins			tree rules
2	go	present	you				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		cousins = cousin	about cousins's family tree	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient about tree=Topic

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