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Test 6 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

A new kid says «You can totally trust me» every few minutes but took your pen and didn't give it back. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new kid, You · What happens: say, trust, take, not give back, be · To what, where: new kid, pen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A new kid says «You can totally trust me» every few minutes but took your pen and didn't give it back.

detamodnsubjpunctnsubjauxadvmodccompobjpunctdetamodobl:unmarkedccconjnmod:possobjccauxadvmodconjobjadvmodpunctrootADETnewADJkidNOUNsaysVERB«PUNCTYouPRONcanAUXtotallyADVtrustVERBmePRON»PUNCTeveryDETfewADJminutesNOUNbutCCONJtookVERByourPRONpenNOUNandCCONJdidAUXn'tPARTgiveVERBitPRONbackADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 kiddet
2newnewADJDegree=Pos3 kidamod
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5««PUNCT_9 trustpunct
6YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs9 trustnsubj
7cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin9 trustaux
8totallytotallyADV_9 trustadvmod
9trusttrustVERBVerbForm=Inf4 saysccomp
10meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 trustobj
11»»PUNCT_9 trustpunct
12everyeveryDETPronType=Tot14 minutesdet
13fewfewADJDegree=Pos14 minutesamod
14minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur9 trustobl:unmarked
15butbutCCONJ_16 tookcc
16tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 trustconj
17youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs18 pennmod:poss
18penpenNOUNNumber=Sing16 tookobj
19andandCCONJ_22 givecc
20diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 giveaux
21n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg22 giveadvmod
22givegiveVERBVerbForm=Inf16 tookconj
23ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 giveobj
24backbackADV_22 giveadvmod
25..PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta new kidvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2trust in a quotecanYoua new kid = kidminutetotally propertyvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3takepastYou not said hereyour penvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme
4not give backpast · do-supportYou not said herepenvn give-13.1 «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.

Sentence 2: What is wise?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwiseADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wisensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wisecop
3wisewiseADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wisepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwise propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Never speak to anyone new again

advmodcaseoblamodadvmodrootNeverADVspeakVERBtoADPanyonePRONnewADJagainADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverneverADVPronType=Neg2 speakadvmod
2speakspeakVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoADP_4 anyonecase
4anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 speakobl
5newnewADJDegree=Pos4 anyoneamod
6againagainADV_2 speakadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not speak speech: otherimperativeyou not said hereagainto anyonevn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 2

Ask him to say it louder

objmarkccompobjccomprootAskVERBhimPRONtoPARTsayVERBitPRONlouderADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AskaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Askobj
3totoPART_4 saymark
4saysayVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Askccomp
5ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 sayobj
6louderloudADJDegree=Cmp4 sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askimperativeyou not said herehim = hevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2say speech: assert not said to happento-infinitiveitvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Trust him fully because he said so many times

objadvmodmarknsubjparataxisadvmodamodobl:unmarkedrootTrustVERBhimPRONfullyADVbecauseSCONJhePRONsaidVERBsoADVmanyADJtimesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TrusttrustVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Trustobj
3fullyfullyADV_1 Trustadvmod
4becausebecauseSCONJ_6 saidmark
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saidnsubj
6saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Trustparataxis
7sosoADV_8 manyadvmod
8manymanyADJDegree=Pos9 timesamod
9timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur6 saidobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trustimperativeyou not said herehim = hefully propertyvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2say speech: assertpasthetimevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Judge him by what he does, not what he says

objcaseobjnsubjoblpunctadvmodoblnsubjacl:relclrootJudgeVERBhimPRONbyADPwhatPRONhePRONdoesVERB,PUNCTnotPARTwhatPRONhePRONsaysVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1JudgejudgeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Judgeobj
3bybyADP_6 doescase
4whatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 doesobj
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 doesnsubj
6doesdoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Judgeobl
7,,PUNCT_9 whatpunct
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 whatadvmod
9whatwhatPRONPronType=Rel1 Judgeobl
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 saysnsubj
11sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 whatacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1judgeimperativeyou not said herehim = hevn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent he=Value
2dopresenthevn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3say speech: assertpresenthevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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