Test 5 · ★ · Lies that do real harm
Which is the best reason never to blame your brother for your mess?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: your · What happens: be, not blame, mess · To what, where: best reason, brother
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 blame | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 blame | mark |
| 8 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reason | acl |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 brother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 mess | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 mess | nmod:poss |
| 13 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not blame | to-infinitive | your brother | for your mess | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent brother=Theme for mess=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | mess | your | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=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
Because he might blame you for his own mess next time instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 blame | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 blame | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 blame | aux |
| 4 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 blame | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 mess | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mess | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mess | amod |
| 9 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blame | obl |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blame | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 blame | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | might | he | you | time | for his own mess; instead property | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for mess=Attribute | ||
| 2 | mess | his = he | nom mess «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Because parents can always tell who did it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 tell | mark |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | parents | always property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | do | past | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 3
Because it is hard to remember who did what
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 hard | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hard | expl |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hard | cop |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 remember | mark |
| 6 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hard | csubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 remember | ccomp |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | hard property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | remember | to-infinitive | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He would be punished for something he did not do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 punished | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 punished | aux:pass |
| 4 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 something | case |
| 6 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 punished | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 do | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 something | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | would · passive | He | for something | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for something=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not do | past · do-support | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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