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Test 6 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

A boy in Manchester hears that a girl «stole» a phone, but no one saw anything. What should he do with this story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, one · What happens: hear, see, do · To what, where: girl, anything

This is test 6 · ★ 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 boy in Manchester hears that a girl «stole» a phone, but no one saw anything.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 girl	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 stole	punct
10	stole	stole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	appos
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 stole	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 phone	det
13	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saw	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 saw	cc
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 saw	nsubj
18	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hears	conj
19	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	18 saw	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present	a boy in Manchester	a girl					tree rules
2	see	past	no one	anything					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

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 should he do with this story?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 story	case
6	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 story	det
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy					with this story	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tell everyone, so they can keep their phones safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 phones	nmod:poss
9	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	keep	can	they	their phones				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme

Option 2

Ask the girl to show him what is in her bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	iobj
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 bag	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bag	cop
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 bag	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bag	nmod:poss
11	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the girl				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is	present				girl's bag			tree rules

Option 3

Believe it, because so many people are saying it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Believe	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saying	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 saying	mark
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 many	advmod
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 saying	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 saying	aux
9	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Believe	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	many people	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Not pass it on, since it is unproven and could be false

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 pass	advmod
2	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pass	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	2 pass	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 unproven	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 unproven	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 unproven	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 unproven	cop
9	unproven	unproven	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pass	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 false	cc
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 false	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 false	cop
13	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 unproven	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pass on	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	it					unproven property	tree rules
3	is	could						false property	tree rules

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