Test 5 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted
A boy who once lied about where he went now always tells the truth. What will most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: lie, go, tell, happen · To what, where: truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 315 «Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted» 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 who once lied about where he went now always tells the truth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lied | nsubj |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 lied | advmod |
| 5 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 boy | acl:relcl |
| 6 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 9 went | mark |
| 7 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 went | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 went | nsubj |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lied | advcl |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 went | advmod |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 went | advmod |
| 12 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 truth | det |
| 14 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tells | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 tells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | a boy | once property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | go | past | boy | now | always property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present | a boy | the truth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
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 will most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
They will never trust him again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trust | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 trust | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 trust | advmod |
| 4 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trust | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 trust | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | future | They | him = he | again | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
They will stop caring where he goes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | caring | care | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stop | xcomp |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 goes | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 caring | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | They | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | care | gerund | They not said here | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | go | present | he | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
They will trust him fully the very next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 trust | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 trust | aux |
| 3 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 trust | obj |
| 5 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 3 trust | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 next | advmod |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 day | amod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trust | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | future | They | him = he | day | fully property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His parents will slowly trust him again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trust | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 trust | aux |
| 4 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 trust | advmod |
| 5 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trust | obj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 trust | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | future | His parents | him = he | again | slowly property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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