Test 17 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

everyone's saying Josh stole Ella's money, Mia said so, nobody saw it tho, share it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, Josh, Mia, nobody · What happens: say, steal, see, share · To what, where: money · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 saying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	aux
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stole	nsubj
5	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
6	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 money	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Ella	case
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stole	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct
10	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	conj
12	so	so	ADV	_	11 said	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saw	punct
14	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 saw	nsubj
15	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 saw	obj
17	tho	tho	ADV	_	15 saw	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 share	punct
19	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saying	conj
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 share	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	steal	past	Josh	Ella's money		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location money=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	Mia			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	see	past	nobody	money	tho property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
5	share	infinitive	everyone not said here	money		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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't share it; accusing without proof can badly hurt an innocent person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 share	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 share	advmod
3	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 share	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hurt	punct
6	accusing	accuse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 hurt	csubj
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 proof	case
8	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 accusing	obl
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 share	conj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 person	det
13	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 person	amod
14	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not share	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		tree rules
2	accuse	gerund			without proof	vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	hurt	can	accusing	a innocent person	badly property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Patient

Option 2

Share it, Mia must know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
4	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 know	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 know	aux
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Share	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	know	must	Mia						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Add that he stole more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 stole	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Add	advcl
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 stole	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	steal	past	he						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Punish Josh yourself first, before the teachers even get to find out about it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Punish	punish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Punish	obj
3	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Punish	obl
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Punish	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 get	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 teachers	det
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 get	nsubj
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 get	advmod
10	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Punish	parataxis
11	to	to	PART	_	12 find	mark
12	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 get	xcomp
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 find	compound:prt
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	punish	imperative	you not said here	Josh	yourself obl; first property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent josh=Patient
2	get	present	the teachers			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	find out	to-infinitive	the teachers not said here		about it	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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