Test 12 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying
me and my bro remember the trip totally different, one of us is lyin
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: me · What happens: remember, be · To what, where: trip, one lyin
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 198 «Telling when someone may be lying» 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 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 remember | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bro | cc |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bro | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 me | conj |
| 5 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trip | det |
| 7 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remember | obj |
| 8 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 9 different | advmod |
| 9 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 trip | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lyin | punct |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 lyin | nummod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 us | case |
| 13 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 one | nmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 lyin | cop |
| 15 | lyin | lyin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trip | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | infinitive | me | the trip and one lyin | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent trip=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | me not said here | one lyin | 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
Not necessarily, honest memories differ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 necessarily | advmod |
| 2 | necessarily | necessarily | ADV | _ | 6 differ | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 necessarily | punct |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 memories | amod |
| 5 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 differ | nsubj |
| 6 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | differ | present | honest memories | necessarily property | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, the younger one lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 lies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lies | nsubj |
| 6 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the younger one | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, one must be lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 lying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 lying | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 lying | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 lying | aux |
| 6 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must · progressive | one | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, the louder one is lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 lying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 one | det |
| 4 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 one | amod |
| 5 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lying | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lying | aux |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | the louder one | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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