Test 6 · ★ · Peer pressure, happy secrets and being trusted
The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper. What shows you are trustworthy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: supply teacher, class, you · What happens: step out, start, throw, show, be · To what, where: paper · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: The supply teacher in Melbourne steps out and the class starts throwing paper.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 2 | supply | supply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | compound |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 steps | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Melbourne | case |
| 5 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod |
| 6 | steps | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 steps | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 starts | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 class | det |
| 10 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 starts | nsubj |
| 11 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 steps | conj |
| 12 | throwing | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 starts | xcomp |
| 13 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 throwing | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 steps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step out | present | the supply teacher in Melbourne | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | start | present | the class | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | throw | gerund | the class not said here | paper | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=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 shows you are trustworthy?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 trustworthy | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trustworthy | cop |
| 5 | trustworthy | trustworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | you | trustworthy property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Writing names of others to tell on everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 names | compound |
| 2 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 others | case |
| 4 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 names | nmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 tell | mark |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 names | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | name | others | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Throwing paper too, so you fit in and nobody thinks you're a goody
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throwing | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 fit | csubj |
| 2 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throwing | obj |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Throwing | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fit | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 fit | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 fit | nsubj |
| 7 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 fit | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 thinks | cc |
| 10 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 thinks | nsubj |
| 11 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fit | conj |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 goody | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 goody | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 goody | det |
| 15 | goody | goody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thinks | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | gerund | paper | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fit in | present | you | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | present | nobody | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | you | a goody | tree rules |
Option 3
Hiding so you can't be blamed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 blamed | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 blamed | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 blamed | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 blamed | aux:pass |
| 7 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Hiding | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not blame | can · passive | you | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Carrying on with your work as if she were there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 1 Carrying | compound:prt |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 work | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 work | nmod:poss |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Carrying | obl |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 there | mark |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 there | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 there | nsubj |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 there | cop |
| 10 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Carrying | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry on | gerund | with your work | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | she | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | work | your | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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