Test 6 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks
During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself. What is going wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: banker · What happens: forget, pay, go · To what, where: you, banker
This is test 6 · ★ 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: During a board game the banker «forgets» to pay you but always pays himself.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | During | during | ADP | _ | 4 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 game | det |
| 3 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 game | compound |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgets | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 banker | det |
| 6 | banker | banker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forgets | nsubj |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| 8 | forgets | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 pay | mark |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 forgets | advcl |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 pay | obj |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 pays | cc |
| 14 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 15 pays | advmod |
| 15 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 forgets | conj |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 pays | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 forgets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget in a quote | present | the banker | during a board game | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the banker not said here | you | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset | ||||
| 3 | pay | present | the banker not said here | banker | always property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Asset |
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: What is going wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 going | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
It is fair because he is the banker
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 fair | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 banker | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 banker | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 banker | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 banker | det |
| 8 | banker | banker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | the banker | tree rules |
Option 2
The banker is allowed to keep extra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 banker | det |
| 2 | banker | banker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | the banker | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | the banker not said here | extra property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He is simply better at the game and quicker at counting than you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 better | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | cop |
| 3 | simply | simply | ADV | _ | 4 better | advmod |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 game | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 game | det |
| 7 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 better | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 quicker | cc |
| 9 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 better | conj |
| 10 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 11 counting | mark |
| 11 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 better | advcl |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 you | case |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 counting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | the game | good, simply property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | He not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | count | gerund | He not said here | than you | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He is not being honest with money he was trusted with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 honest | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 honest | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 honest | cop |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 honest | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 trusted | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 trusted | aux:pass |
| 10 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 money | acl:relcl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 trusted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | He | with money; honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | trust | past · passive | he | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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