Test 19 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks
kids say the boy who admitted being tagged "is a loser who always lets us down". pass it on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, boy, loser · What happens: say, admit, tag, be, let down, pass on · To what, where: loser, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ 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 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 loser | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 admitted | nsubj |
| 6 | admitted | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 boy | acl:relcl |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 tagged | aux:pass |
| 8 | tagged | tag | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 admitted | ccomp |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 tagged | punct |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 loser | cop |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 loser | det |
| 12 | loser | loser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 say | ccomp |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 lets | nsubj |
| 14 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 15 lets | advmod |
| 15 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 loser | acl:relcl |
| 16 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 lets | obj |
| 17 | down | down | ADP | _ | 15 lets | compound:prt |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 lets | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 20 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | parataxis |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 pass | obj |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 pass | compound:prt |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | kids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | admit speech: other | past | the boy | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | tag | gerund · passive | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination» | ||||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | the boy | a loser | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | let down in a quote | present | a loser | us | always property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 6 | pass on | infinitive | loser | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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
Yes, and leave him out next time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 leave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 leave | cc |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 leave | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 leave | compound:prt |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave out | imperative | you not said here | him = he | time | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, he was honest; don't spread mean talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 honest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 honest | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 honest | cop |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 spread | punct |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 spread | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 spread | advmod |
| 9 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 honest | advcl |
| 10 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 talk | amod |
| 11 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not spread | infinitive · do-support | he not said here | mean talk | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location talk=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, it's just true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 true | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 true | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 true | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 true | advmod |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, he lost it for the team
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 team | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 team | det |
| 8 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | it | for the team | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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