Test 19 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

everyone says the girl who faked an injury at netball is "a total liar, never believe her again". pass it on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, girl · What happens: say, fake, be, not believe, pass on · To what, where: injury, netball, total liar, girl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 liar	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 faked	nsubj
6	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 girl	acl:relcl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 injury	det
8	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faked	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 netball	case
10	netball	netball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faked	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 liar	cop
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 liar	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 liar	det
14	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 liar	amod
15	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 believe	punct
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 believe	advmod
18	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 liar	parataxis
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 believe	obj
20	again	again	ADV	_	18 believe	advmod
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 believe	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 liar	punct
23	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 pass	obj
25	on	on	ADP	_	23 pass	compound:prt
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fake	past	the girl	a injury	netball		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient
3	is a in a quote	present	the girl	a total liar			tree rules
4	not believe in a quote	infinitive		girl		again	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5	pass on	infinitive		injury			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Yes, but only to the team

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 team	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 team	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 team	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 team	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 team	det
7	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, don't spread it; false alarms hurt trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 spread	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 spread	advmod
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 alarms	punct
8	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 alarms	amod
9	alarms	alarm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spread	obl
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 trust	amod
11	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 alarms	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it				false alarms and hurt trust obl	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	hurt	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, and add more stories about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 stories	amod
6	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 add	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 add	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	more stories				about her = she	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient

Option 4

Yes, everyone should be warned about her before the next match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 warned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 warned	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 warned	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 warned	aux:pass
6	warned	warn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 warned	obl
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 match	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 match	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 match	amod
12	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 warned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	should · passive		everyone			before the next match	about her = she	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: subject=Recipient about she=Topic

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