Test 17 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

did u hear a kid swallowed a button battery and lied to the doctor that he "ate a sweet", and "it nearly burnt through his throat". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, sweet · What happens: hear, swallow, lie, eat, burnt · To what, where: lesson, button battery, sweet, throat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	nsubj
6	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 battery	det
8	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 battery	compound
9	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 swallowed	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lied	cc
11	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 doctor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 doctor	det
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lied	obl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 ate	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ate	nsubj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 ate	punct
18	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lied	advcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sweet	det
20	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ate	obj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 ate	punct
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 burnt	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 burnt	cc
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 burnt	punct
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 burnt	nsubj
26	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	27 burnt	advmod
27	burnt	burnt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 swallowed	parataxis
28	through	through	ADP	_	30 throat	case
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 throat	nmod:poss
30	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 burnt	obl
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 burnt	punct
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
33	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
34	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	swallow	past	a kid	a button battery			tree rules
3	lie	past	a kid not said here			to the doctor	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	eat in a quote	past	kid	a sweet			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient
5	burnt in a quote	past	sweet		kid's throat	nearly 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

It's fine to hide what you swallowed

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hide	mark
5	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	csubj
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 hide	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 swallowed	nsubj
8	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		fine property	tree rules
2	hide	to-infinitive			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
3	swallow	past	you		vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell doctors the truth; they need true facts to treat you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 treat	mark
11	treat	treat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	advcl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 treat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the truth	doctors	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient truth=Topic
2	need	present	doctors = doctor	true facts		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fact=Theme
3	treat	to-infinitive	doctors = doctor not said here		you	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 3

Button batteries are harmless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 batteries	compound
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 harmless	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 harmless	cop
4	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Button batteries					harmless property	tree rules

Option 4

Doctors can always guess what happened, so the truth doesn't matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 guess	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 guess	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 guess	advmod
4	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 happened	nsubj
6	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 guess	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 matter	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 matter	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 truth	det
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 matter	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 matter	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 matter	advmod
13	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 guess	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	guess	can	Doctors	always property	vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	past			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not matter	present · do-support	the truth		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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