Test 12 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

dont wanna go to the sleepover, need an excuse

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dont · What happens: go, need · To what, where: sleepover, excuse

This is test 12 · ★ 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	dont	dont	X	Foreign=Yes	3 go	nsubj
2	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	1 dont	flat:foreign
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 sleepover	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sleepover	det
6	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 go	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 go	advcl
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 excuse	det
10	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	infinitive	dont			the sleepover			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleepover=Initial_Location
2	need	present	dont not said here	a excuse					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot excuse=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No excuse needed, «Thanks, but I can't come» is enough

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 excuse	det
2	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 enough	csubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Thanks	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Thanks	punct
6	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 come	cc
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 come	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 come	advmod
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needed	parataxis
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 enough	cop
15	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	past	no excuse	Thanks		vn require-103-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	not come in a quote	can	I			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present			enough property	tree rules

Option 2

Say your gran is visiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 gran	nmod:poss
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visiting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 visiting	aux
5	visiting	visit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	visit	present · progressive	your gran						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Just don't reply at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	4 reply	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 reply	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 reply	advmod
4	reply	reply	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 reply	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reply speech: assert	imperative · do-support	you not said here			all			vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Say you're ill so nobody's upset, it's just a tiny white lie

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 ill	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 upset	advmod
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 upset	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 upset	cop
8	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ill	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lie	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 lie	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lie	cop
12	just	just	ADV	_	16 lie	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lie	det
14	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 lie	amod
15	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 lie	amod
16	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you		ill property	tree rules
3	is	present	nobody		upset property	tree rules
4	is a	present	it	a tiny white lie		tree rules

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