Test 1 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks
Your best friend scribbled on a library book and asks you to say you saw nothing. Which is TRUE?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: best friend, you · What happens: scribble, ask, say, see, be · To what, where: library book, you, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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: Your best friend scribbled on a library book and asks you to say you saw nothing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 friend | amod |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scribbled | nsubj |
| 4 | scribbled | scribble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 book | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 book | det |
| 7 | library | library | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 book | compound |
| 8 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scribbled | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 asks | cc |
| 10 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scribbled | conj |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 asks | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 say | mark |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 asks | xcomp |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 saw | nsubj |
| 15 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 say | ccomp |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 saw | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 scribbled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scribble | participle | Your best friend | a library book | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on book=Destination | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | Your best friend not said here | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | Your best friend not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | see | past | you | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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
Real friends always lie for each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | 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 | Real friends | for each; always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It only counts as a lie if the librarian asks twice
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 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 counts | advmod |
| 3 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 lie | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lie | det |
| 6 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counts | obl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 asks | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 librarian | det |
| 9 | librarian | librarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 asks | nsubj |
| 10 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 counts | advcl |
| 11 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 asks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | It | as a lie | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as lie=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen | present | the librarian | twice property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You can stay her friend without lying to hide the damage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friend | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obj |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 lying | mark |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 stay | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hide | mark |
| 9 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 lying | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 damage | det |
| 11 | damage | damage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hide | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | can | You | her friend | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme friend=Location | ||||
| 2 | lie | gerund | You not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hide | to-infinitive | You not said here | the damage | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent damage=Patient |
Option 4
Lying for her keeps you out of any trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keeps | csubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 1 Lying | obj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 trouble | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 trouble | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 trouble | det |
| 9 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | gerund | her = she | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | Lying | you | any trouble | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out trouble=Location |
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