Test 15 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

my friend set a bin on fire and wants me to keep quiet

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, me · What happens: set, want, keep · To what, where: bin, fire, me

This is test 15 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	nsubj
3	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bin	det
5	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 fire	case
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wants	cc
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 set	conj
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 wants	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 keep	mark
12	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wants	xcomp
13	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	set	past	my friend	a bin	fire		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bin=Theme on fire=Destination
2	want	present	my friend not said here	me			tree rules
3	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here			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

Keep quiet, he's your mate and mates don't snitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mate	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mate	cop
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mate	nmod:poss
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	vocative
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 snitch	cc
9	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 snitch	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 snitch	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 snitch	advmod
12	snitch	snitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here		quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	he	your mate		tree rules
3	not snitch speech: other	present · do-support	mates			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Say you did it

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	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 did	obj

#	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	do	past	you	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Help him hide it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Help	obj
3	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Help	xcomp
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hide	infinitive	him = he not said here	it					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult; covering up lets harm go on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 lets	punct
5	covering	cover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 lets	csubj
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 covering	compound:prt
7	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
8	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	obj
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lets	xcomp
10	on	on	ADV	_	9 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	cover up	gerund				vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	let	present	covering	harm		tree rules
4	go on	infinitive	harm not said here			vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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