Test 10 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

mate broke the window n wants me to say he was with me. do i??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, window n, me, n, i · What happens: break, want, say, be, do · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 n	det
4	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 n	compound
5	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	ccomp
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 say	mark
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 me	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 me	cop
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 say	ccomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
15	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 broke	parataxis
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
17	??	??	PUNCT	_	2 broke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	break	past	mate			tree rules
2	want	present	the window n	me		tree rules
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	n		with me	tree rules
5	do	present	i			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Yes, but only if nobody else actually saw him do it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 saw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 saw	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 saw	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 saw	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 saw	mark
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 saw	nsubj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 nobody	advmod
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 saw	advmod
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	obj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 saw	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	nobody	him = he				actually property	tree rules
2	do	infinitive	him = he not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

No, and never ever talk to him again after this day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 talk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 talk	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 talk	cc
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 talk	advmod
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 talk	advmod
6	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 talk	obl
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 talk	advmod
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	imperative	you not said here		him = he		ever; again; day		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

Option 3

Yes, real mates always cover for each other, whatever happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 cover	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mates	amod
4	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cover	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 cover	advmod
6	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 cover	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 happens	punct
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 happens	nsubj
12	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cover	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	present	real mates					for each; always property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	happen	present	whatever						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, you can stay his friend without lying for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stay	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stay	aux
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stay	obj
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 lying	mark
9	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stay	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	can	you	his friend					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme friend=Location
2	lie	gerund	you not said here					for friend	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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