Test 12 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

doc asked if i ate anything weird, i did but i dont wanna say

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: doc, i · What happens: ask, eat, do, say · To what, where: anything · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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	doc	doc	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 ate	mark
4	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 ate	nsubj
5	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	ccomp
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 ate	obj
7	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 anything	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 did	punct
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 dont	cc
12	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 dont	nsubj
13	dont	dont	X	Foreign=Yes	2 asked	ccomp
14	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	15 say	dep
15	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 dont	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	doc		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat a condition, not said to happen	past	i	anything	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
3	do	past	i		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	say speech: assert	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Say no, what you eat is private and the doctor doesn't need it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 private	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 private	nsubj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 eat	nsubj
6	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 private	cop
8	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 need	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 doctor	det
11	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 need	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 need	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 need	advmod
14	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 private	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	eat	present	you			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			private property	tree rules
4	not need	present · do-support	the doctor	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tell the truth, the doctor needs real facts to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 truth	det
3	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 needs	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 doctor	det
6	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 needs	nsubj
7	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 needs	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 needs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the truth	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
2	need	present	the doctor	real facts	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fact=Theme
3	help	to-infinitive	the doctor not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Say you can't remember

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 remember	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 remember	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 remember	advmod
5	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not remember	can	you						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Make up something else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Make	compound:prt
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Make	obj
4	else	else	ADV	_	3 something	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	imperative	you not said here	something					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme something=Pivot

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