Test 17 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

did u hear Jake's mate lied to cover for him when he broke the window and now "both are suspended for like a month". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, mate · What happens: hear, lie, cover, break, suspend · To what, where: lesson, window, both · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mate	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jake	case
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lied	nsubj
7	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cover	mark
9	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lied	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cover	obl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 broke	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 broke	nsubj
14	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cover	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broke	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 suspended	cc
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 suspended	advmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 suspended	punct
20	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	22 suspended	nsubj:pass
21	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 suspended	aux:pass
22	suspended	suspend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 broke	conj
23	for	for	ADP	_	26 month	case
24	like	like	ADP	_	26 month	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 month	det
26	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 suspended	obl
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 month	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lie	past	Jake's mate				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	cover	to-infinitive	Jake's mate not said here			for mate	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
4	break	past	mate	the window			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient
5	suspend in a quote	present · passive		both	now; month		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Lying is fine if you don't get caught

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 caught	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 caught	nsubj:pass
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 caught	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 caught	advmod
8	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 caught	aux:pass
9	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		fine property	tree rules
3	not catch a condition, not said to happen	present · passive · do-support	you		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Only cover up for your best friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cover	advmod
2	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 cover	compound:prt
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 friend	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cover	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover up	imperative	you not said here					for your best friend	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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

Covering up for a friend drags you into the trouble too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 drags	csubj
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Covering	compound:prt
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 friend	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Covering	obl
6	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 drags	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 trouble	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 trouble	det
10	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drags	obl
11	too	too	ADV	_	6 drags	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover up	gerund						for a friend	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	drag	present	Covering	you		the trouble			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

Good friends always lie for each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friends	amod
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lie	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 lie	advmod
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 each	case
6	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	4 lie	obl
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	Good friends					for each; always property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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