Test 15 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying

stranger says ur mum's hurt, come with me now

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stranger · What happens: say, hurt, come · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurt	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mum	case
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 come	punct
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	parataxis
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 come	obl
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	stranger			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hurt	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	come	infinitive		now	with me	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Go if he knows your name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 knows	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		your		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Go with him quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					with him = he; quickly property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Don't go, tell a trusted adult and check

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 adult	det
7	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 adult	amod
8	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 check	cc
10	check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a trusted adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	check	infinitive	you not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ask him to show you a picture of her first, then go with him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 show	mark
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 show	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 picture	det
7	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 show	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 first	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 first	nmod:poss
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 picture	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 go	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 go	advmod
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	a picture of her first	you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient picture=Topic
3	go	infinitive	you not said here			then	with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary

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