Test 10 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

friend nicked a pen n wants me to say i didnt see. keep quiet for her?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, pen n, me, i · What happens: nick, want, say, see, keep · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nicked	nsubj
2	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 n	det
4	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 n	compound
5	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wants	nsubj
6	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 nicked	ccomp
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wants	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 say	mark
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wants	xcomp
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 see	nsubj
11	didnt	didnt	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	nsubj
12	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nicked	punct
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nicked	advcl
15	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 keep	xcomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 keep	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 nicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	nick	past	friend			tree rules
2	want	present	a pen n	me		tree rules
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	see	present	i			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	keep	infinitive	friend not said here		for didnt; quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

No, you can be kind to her without covering it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 kind	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 kind	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 kind	cop
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 kind	obl
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 covering	mark
10	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 kind	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 covering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	you		her = she			kind property	tree rules
2	cover	gerund	you not said here	it					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

Option 2

Only if she gives it back later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 gives	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	iobj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	present	she	it				late property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if the pen was cheap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 cheap	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 cheap	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pen	det
5	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheap	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cheap	cop
7	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the pen					cheap property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, friends always keep each other's secrets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 keep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 keep	advmod
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 secrets	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 secrets	amod
8	's	's	PART	_	7 other	case
9	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	friends	each other secrets				always property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

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