Test 5 · ★ · White lies and kind silence Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault. It was not. Why should you say so?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, you, friend · What happens: run away, walk, ask, be, not be, say · To what, where: dog, fault · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 Sentence 1: Your friend's dog ran away while you were walking it together, and she asks if it was her fault.
nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj advmod mark nsubj aux advcl obj advmod punct cc nsubj parataxis mark nsubj cop nmod:poss ccomp punct root Your PRON friend NOUN 's PART dog NOUN ran VERB away ADV while SCONJ you PRON were AUX walking VERB it PRON together ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ she PRON asks VERB if SCONJ it PRON was AUX her PRON fault NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 friend nmod:poss 2 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 dog nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 friend case 4 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 5 ran nsubj 5 ran run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 away away ADV _ 5 ran advmod 7 while while SCONJ _ 10 walking mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 walking nsubj 9 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 walking aux 10 walking walk VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 ran advcl 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 walking obj 12 together together ADV _ 10 walking advmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 asks punct 14 and and CCONJ _ 16 asks cc 15 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 asks nsubj 16 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 ran parataxis 17 if if SCONJ _ 21 fault mark 18 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 fault nsubj 19 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 21 fault cop 20 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 21 fault nmod:poss 21 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing 16 asks ccomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 ran punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 run away past Your friend's dog away property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 walk past · progressive you dog together property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory 3 ask speech: ask present friend vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is a a condition, not said to happen past dog friend's fault 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.
Sentence 2: It was not.
nsubj advmod punct root It PRON was VERB not PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 was nsubj 2 was be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 2 was advmod 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 was punct
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1 not be past dog vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: Why should you say so?
advmod aux nsubj advmod punct root Why ADV should AUX you PRON say VERB so ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 say advmod 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 so so ADV _ 4 say advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
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1 say speech: assert should you vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Because you should always blame yourself
mark nsubj aux advmod obj root Because SCONJ you PRON should AUX always ADV blame VERB yourself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 5 blame mark 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 blame nsubj 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 blame aux 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 blame advmod 5 blame blame VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 yourself yourself PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 blame obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 blame should you yourself always property vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Because she will never ask again
mark nsubj aux advmod advmod root Because SCONJ she PRON will AUX never ADV ask VERB again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 5 ask mark 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 ask nsubj 3 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 ask aux 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 ask advmod 5 ask ask VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 again again ADV _ 5 ask advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not ask speech: ask future she again vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Because the truth never matters to friends
mark det nsubj advmod case obl root Because SCONJ the DET truth NOUN never ADV matters VERB to ADP friends NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Because because SCONJ _ 5 matters mark 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 5 matters nsubj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 matters advmod 5 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to ADP _ 7 friends case 7 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 5 matters obl
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1 not matter present the truth to friends vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to friend=Experiencer
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer A comforting truth helps her and is honest
det amod nsubj obj cc cop conj root A DET comforting ADJ truth NOUN helps VERB her PRON and CCONJ is AUX honest ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 truth det 2 comforting comforting ADJ Degree=Pos 3 truth amod 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 4 helps nsubj 4 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 helps obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 honest cc 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 honest cop 8 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 4 helps conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present a comforting truth her = she vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary 2 is present a comforting truth not said here honest property tree rules
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