Test 17 · ★ · Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities

my aunt says the kid with diabetes "faked needing a snack to get out of maths". what's likely

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: aunt, kid · What happens: say, fake, need, get out, be · To what, where: snack, maths · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 298 «Compliments, respecting differences and disabilities» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunt	nmod:poss
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 faked	nsubj
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 diabetes	case
7	diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kid	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 faked	punct
9	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
10	needing	need	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 faked	xcomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snack	det
12	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needing	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 get	mark
14	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 needing	advcl
15	out	out	ADP	_	17 maths	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 maths	case
17	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 get	obl
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 maths	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 likely	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 likely	cop
22	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fake in a quote	past	the kid with diabetes			tree rules
3	need in a quote	gerund	the kid with diabetes not said here	a snack		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme
4	get out in a quote	to-infinitive	the kid with diabetes not said here	maths		tree rules
5	is	present			likely property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

It's probably a rumour; believe someone who says they need a snack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rumour	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 rumour	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rumour	det
5	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 believe	punct
7	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 rumour	parataxis
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 believe	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 someone	acl:relcl
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 need	nsubj
12	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 says	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 snack	det
14	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a rumour	probably property	tree rules
2	believe	infinitive		someone		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	need	present	they	a snack		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Snacks are never needed in class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snacks	snack	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 needed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needed	aux:pass
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 needed	advmod
4	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · passive		Snacks		class			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It's true, they always fake it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	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	_	7 fake	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fake	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fake	advmod
7	fake	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fake	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	fake	present	they	it				always property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Diabetes isn't real, so the snack was a trick to skip maths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diabetes	diabetes	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 real	advmod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trick	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 trick	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 snack	det
8	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 trick	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 trick	det
11	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 real	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 skip	mark
13	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 trick	acl
14	maths	math	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Diabetes		real property	tree rules
2	is a	past	the snack	a trick		tree rules
3	skip	to-infinitive	Diabetes not said here	maths		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=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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