Test 7 · ★ · Lies that do real harm
Why should a child not hide a bad mark from her parents?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: not hide · To what, where: bad mark
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 hide | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hide | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | nsubj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hide | advmod |
| 6 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mark | det |
| 8 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mark | amod |
| 9 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hide | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 parents | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 parents | nmod:poss |
| 12 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hide | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 hide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hide | should | a child | a bad mark | from child's parents | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mark=Patient from parent=Beneficiary |
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
Teachers will change the mark later if no one at home ever sees it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mark | det |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obj |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 change | advmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 sees | mark |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sees | nsubj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | nmod |
| 12 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 13 sees | advmod |
| 13 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | advcl |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | future | Teachers | the mark | late property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient | |||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | present | no one at home | mark | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They can only help with problems they know about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 help | advmod |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 problems | case |
| 6 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 problems | acl:relcl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 know | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | can | They | with problems | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with problem=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know about | present | problems = problem | problems not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer problem=Stimulus |
Option 3
They will never ask about your school marks anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 ask | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 ask | advmod |
| 4 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 marks | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 marks | nmod:poss |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 marks | compound |
| 8 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ask | obl |
| 9 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | future | They | about your school marks; anyway property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about mark=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mark | your | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Hiding it makes the mark go up by itself next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hiding | obj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mark | det |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 go | compound:prt |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 itself | case |
| 9 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 makes | obl |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Hiding | the mark | time | by mark | tree rules | ||
| 3 | go up | infinitive | the mark not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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