Test 11 · Little lies at home
Friend, sneering: «your dad's NOT a footballer, liar». What fixes it best?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Friend, dad · What happens: sneer, not be, fix · To what, where: footballer, Friend
This is test 11 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
Sentence 1: Friend, sneering: «your dad's NOT a footballer, liar».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sneering | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sneering | punct |
| 3 | sneering | sneer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 sneering | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 footballer | punct |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 footballer | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 footballer | cop |
| 9 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 footballer | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 footballer | det |
| 11 | footballer | footballer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sneering | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 liar | punct |
| 13 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 footballer | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 footballer | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sneering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneer | gerund | Friend | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | your dad | a footballer and liar | 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.
Sentence 2: What fixes it best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 fixes | nsubj |
| 2 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fixes | obj |
| 4 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 fixes | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 fixes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | Friend | well property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Get angry and push the friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Get | xcomp |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 push | cc |
| 4 | push | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 push | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | angry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | push | present | you not said here | the friend | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Option 2
Make up a bigger story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Make | compound:prt |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 story | amod |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | imperative | you not said here | a bigger story | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme story=Pivot |
Option 3
Say the dad plays in secret
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dad | det |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | nsubj |
| 4 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 secret | case |
| 6 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plays | 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 | play | present | the dad | secret | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Admit he made it up to seem interesting and stop doing it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admit | admit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Admit | ccomp |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 seem | mark |
| 7 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | advcl |
| 8 | interesting | interesting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seem | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stop | cc |
| 10 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Admit | conj |
| 11 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 stop | xcomp |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make up | past | he | it | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | seem | to-infinitive | he not said here | interesting property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | stop | present | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | do | gerund | you not said here | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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