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Test 4 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

A boy shouted «I'm stuck!» from a tree three times as a joke. The fourth time he really is stuck. Why might nobody hurry?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, fourth time, nobody · What happens: shout, be, hurry · To what, where: tree · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy shouted «I'm stuck!» from a tree three times as a joke.

detnsubjpunctnsubjcopccomppunctpunctcasedetoblnummodobl:unmarkedcasedetoblpunctrootADETboyNOUNshoutedVERB«PUNCTIPRON'mAUXstuckADJ!PUNCT»PUNCTfromADPaDETtreeNOUNthreeNUMtimesNOUNasADPaDETjokeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 shoutednsubj
3shoutedshoutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4««PUNCT_7 stuckpunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 stucknsubj
6'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 stuckcop
7stuckstuckADJDegree=Pos3 shoutedccomp
8!!PUNCT_7 stuckpunct
9»»PUNCT_7 stuckpunct
10fromfromADP_12 treecase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 treedet
12treetreeNOUNNumber=Sing3 shoutedobl
13threethreeNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card14 timesnummod
14timestimeNOUNNumber=Plur3 shoutedobl:unmarked
15asasADP_17 jokecase
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 jokedet
17jokejokeNOUNNumber=Sing3 shoutedobl
18..PUNCT_3 shoutedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expresspasta boya treetimeas a jokevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresenta boy = boystuck propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: The fourth time he really is stuck.

detamodnsubjnsubjadvmodcoppunctrootTheDETfourthADJtimeNOUNhePRONreallyADVisAUXstuckADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 timedet
2fourthfourthADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord3 timeamod
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing7 stucknsubj
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 stucknsubj
5reallyreallyADV_7 stuckadvmod
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 stuckcop
7stuckstuckADJDegree=Posrootroot
8..PUNCT_7 stuckpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe fourth timestuck propertytree rules

Sentence 3: Why might nobody hurry?

advmodauxnsubjpunctrootWhyADVmightAUXnobodyPRONhurryVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Int4 hurryadvmod
2mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin4 hurryaux
3nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg4 hurrynsubj
4hurryhurryVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 hurrypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hurrymightnobodyvn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Climbing trees is always perfectly safe

csubjobjcopadvmodadvmodrootClimbingVERBtreesNOUNisAUXalwaysADVperfectlyADVsafeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ClimbingclimbVERBVerbForm=Ger6 safecsubj
2treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur1 Climbingobj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 safecop
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot6 safeadvmod
5perfectlyperfectlyADV_6 safeadvmod
6safesafeADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1climbgerundtreesvn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2ispresentClimbingalways, perfectly, safe propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His earlier false alarms taught them not to believe him

nmod:possadvmodamodnsubjobjadvmodmarkxcompobjrootHisPRONearlierADVfalseADJalarmsNOUNtaughtVERBthemPRONnotPARTtoPARTbelieveVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 alarmsnmod:poss
2earlierearlyADVDegree=Cmp3 falseadvmod
3falsefalseADJDegree=Pos4 alarmsamod
4alarmsalarmNOUNNumber=Plur5 taughtnsubj
5taughtteachVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 taughtobj
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 believeadvmod
8totoPART_9 believemark
9believebelieveVERBVerbForm=Inf5 taughtxcomp
10himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 believeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1teach speech: otherpastHis false alarmsthem = theyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2not believeto-infinitiveHis false alarms not said herehim = hevn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3alarmHis = henom alarm «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

People never help in the afternoon, because they are busy with work

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctmarknsubjcopconjcaseoblrootPeopleNOUNneverADVhelpVERBinADPtheDETafternoonNOUN,PUNCTbecauseSCONJtheyPRONareAUXbusyADJwithADPworkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PeoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur3 helpnsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 helpadvmod
3helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ininADP_6 afternooncase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 afternoondet
6afternoonafternoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 helpobl
7,,PUNCT_11 busypunct
8becausebecauseSCONJ_11 busymark
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs11 busynsubj
10arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 busycop
11busybusyADJDegree=Pos3 helpconj
12withwithADP_13 workcase
13workworkNOUNNumber=Sing11 busyobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not helppresentPeopleafternoonvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2ispresentPeoplewith work; busy propertytree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He shouted in the wrong voice

nsubjcasedetamodoblrootHePRONshoutedVERBinADPtheDETwrongADJvoiceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 shoutednsubj
2shoutedshoutVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3ininADP_6 voicecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 voicedet
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos6 voiceamod
6voicevoiceNOUNNumber=Sing2 shoutedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shout speech: expresspastHethe wrong voicevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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