Test 8 · ★★ · Telling when someone may be lying
A girl gets cross when asked where her homework is. What should the teacher remember?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, homework, teacher · What happens: get, ask, be, remember · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl gets cross when asked where her homework is.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 asked | advmod |
| 6 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 is | advmod |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 homework | nmod:poss |
| 9 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 is | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asked | ccomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a girl | cross property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | participle | a girl not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | be | present | girl's homework | vn exist-47.1 «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.
Sentence 2: What should the teacher remember?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 remember | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 remember | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remember | nsubj |
| 5 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 remember | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | should | the teacher | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She may be upset for another reason, so stay calm and fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 upset | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 upset | cop |
| 4 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 reason | case |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 reason | det |
| 7 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 upset | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stay | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 stay | advmod |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 upset | conj |
| 11 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stay | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 fair | cc |
| 13 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 calm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | may | She | for another reason; upset property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | She not said here | calm property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Getting cross always means someone is innocent and should be left alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 2 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Getting | advmod |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 innocent | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 innocent | cop |
| 7 | innocent | innocent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 means | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 left | cc |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 left | aux |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 left | aux:pass |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 means | conj |
| 12 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | cross | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | Getting | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | someone | innocent property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | leave | should · passive | Getting not said here | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It is best to get cross with her too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 best | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 best | cop |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 best | csubj |
| 6 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cross | obl |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | good property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | cross property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Getting cross always means someone is lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | csubj |
| 2 | cross | cross | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Getting | obj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 means | advmod |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 lying | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lying | aux |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | cross | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cross=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Getting | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | lie | present · progressive | someone | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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