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Test 9 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

A friend asks you to come to a sleepover, but you would rather stay home. What is the honest way out?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, you, honest way · What happens: ask, come, stay, be · To what, where: you, sleepover

This is test 9 · ★ 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 friend asks you to come to a sleepover, but you would rather stay home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 asks	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 come	mark
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sleepover	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sleepover	det
9	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stay	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 stay	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 stay	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	aux
14	rather	rather	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod
15	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	conj
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a friend		you				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
2	come not said to happen	to-infinitive	a friend not said here			a sleepover			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to sleepover=Initial_Location
3	stay	would	you					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What is the honest way out?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 way	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the honest way						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Pretend you never got the message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 got	advmod
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Pretend	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 message	det
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not get	past	you	the message					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer message=Stimulus

Option 2

Say your parents have banned you from all sleepovers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 parents	nmod:poss
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 banned	nsubj
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 banned	aux
5	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Say	ccomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 banned	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sleepovers	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sleepovers	det
9	sleepovers	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 banned	obl

#	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	ban	present · perfect	your parents		you	all sleepovers			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer you=Beneficiary from sleepover=Eventuality

Option 3

Say your house has flooded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 house	nmod:poss
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flooded	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 flooded	aux
5	flooded	flood	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Say	ccomp

#	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	flood	present · perfect · passive		your house					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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

Say «Thanks, but I can't come this time»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 Thanks	punct
3	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 come	advmod
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl:unmarked
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Thanks					tree rules
2	not come in a quote	can	I				time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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