Test 4 · ★ · Lies that do real harm
A girl says she is going to a friend's house but goes to the park instead. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, danger · What happens: say, go, be · To what, where: house, park · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl says she is going to a friend's house but goes to the park instead.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 going | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 going | aux |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 house | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 going | obl |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 goes | cc |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 park | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 park | det |
| 16 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | obl |
| 17 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 13 goes | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | present · progressive | girl | a friend's house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | go | present | a girl not said here | the park | instead property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location |
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: What is the danger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Her parents will never trust the friend again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trust | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 trust | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 trust | advmod |
| 5 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 trust | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 trust | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | future | Her parents | the friend | again | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
If something goes wrong nobody knows where to look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 goes | mark |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 knows | advcl |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | xcomp |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 knows | nsubj |
| 6 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 look | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 look | mark |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 knows | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go a condition, not said to happen | present | something | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | present | nobody | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | look | to-infinitive | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
The park is closed to children in the afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 park | det |
| 2 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 closed | aux:pass |
| 4 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 closed | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 afternoon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 afternoon | det |
| 9 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 closed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | present · passive | the park | children | afternoon | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to child=Recipient |
Option 4
Her friend will be upset that she did not come
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 upset | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 upset | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 upset | cop |
| 5 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 come | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 come | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 come | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 come | advmod |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 upset | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | Her friend | upset property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not come | past · do-support | friend | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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