Test 1 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find
A boy who broke a promise wants his mum to trust him again tomorrow. Which is TRUE?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, mum · What happens: break, want, trust, be · To what, where: promise, mum, boy
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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 boy who broke a promise wants his mum to trust him again tomorrow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 broke | nsubj |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 boy | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 promise | det |
| 6 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 broke | obj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 trust | mark |
| 11 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | xcomp |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 trust | obj |
| 13 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 trust | advmod |
| 14 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 trust | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | past | a boy | a promise | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient | ||||
| 2 | want | present | a boy | boy's mum | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | trust not said to happen | to-infinitive | boy's mum not said here | boy | again; tomorrow | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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: Which is TRUE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Trust comes back if he buys a present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 comes | advmod |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 buys | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 buys | nsubj |
| 6 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 comes | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 present | det |
| 8 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buys | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | Trust | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | buy a condition, not said to happen | present | Trust | a present | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
Option 2
Trust can never come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 come | advmod |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come back | can | Trust | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
One apology brings back full trust at once, the very same day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 apology | nummod |
| 2 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | nsubj |
| 3 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 brings | advmod |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 trust | amod |
| 6 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 brings | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 day | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 day | det |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 same | advmod |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 day | amod |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brings | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | present | One apology | full trust | day | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trust=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Trust grows back slowly with many days of honesty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 grows | nsubj |
| 2 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 grows | advmod |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 2 grows | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 days | case |
| 6 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 days | amod |
| 7 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grows | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 honesty | case |
| 9 | honesty | honesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 days | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow back | present | Trust | day | slowly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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