Test 1 · Little lies at home

bro says ur at Tom's every day but Tom's mum just texted ours lol. what was the lie for, and what's the fix

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro · What happens: say, text, be · To what, where: ours, lie, fix · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 336 «Little lies at home» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ur	ur	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 day	case
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 day	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Tom	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 texted	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 mum	cc
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mum	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Tom	case
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 day	conj
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 texted	advmod
14	texted	text	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
15	ours	our	PRON	Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 texted	obj
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	14 texted	discourse
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 lie	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 lie	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 lie	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lie	det
21	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 texted	parataxis
22	for	for	ADP	_	21 lie	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 fix	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 fix	cc
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 fix	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 fix	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 fix	det
28	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 texted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	bro			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	text	past		ours	day	tree rules
3	is a	past		the lie		tree rules
4	is a	present		the fix		tree 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, Tom's mum is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 wrong	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mum	punct
3	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mum	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Tom	case
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	cop
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nothing					wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted more time out; tell the truth and ask properly next time

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	out	out	ADP	_	2 wanted	compound:prt
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 truth	det
9	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ask	cc
11	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tell	conj
12	properly	properly	ADV	_	11 ask	advmod
13	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ask	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want out	past	He		time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the truth			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive			time	properly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He should stop going out at all

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	3 stop	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 stop	xcomp
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 going	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	should	He						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	go out	gerund	He not said here			all			vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He should ask Tom to cover for him next time so the mums don't find out

The tree, 17 words

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	3 ask	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 cover	mark
6	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ask	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cover	obl
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	obl:unmarked
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 find	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mums	det
13	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 find	nsubj
14	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 find	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 find	advmod
16	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cover	advcl
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	He	Tom			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient clause=Topic
2	cover not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		time	for Tom	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	not find out	present · do-support	the mums				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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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