Test 5 · Little lies at home
Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry». What is the honest next step?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, u, brush, honest next step · What happens: be, not brush · To what, where: tellin Mum, bone
This is test 5 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: Sister: «I'm tellin Mum u never brushed, the brush is bone dry».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sister | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 Mum | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 Mum | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 Mum | cop |
| 6 | tellin | tellin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Mum | compound |
| 7 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sister | conj |
| 8 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 brushed | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 brushed | advmod |
| 10 | brushed | brush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Mum | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bone | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 brush | det |
| 13 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 bone | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 bone | cop |
| 15 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Mum | conj |
| 16 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bone | amod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 dry | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sister | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | I | tellin Mum and bone | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not brush in a quote | past | u | tellin Mum and bone not said here | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent mum=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the brush | bone | 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 is the honest next step?
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 | 6 step | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest next step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Say the brush dries fast
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 brush | det |
| 3 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dries | nsubj |
| 4 | dries | dry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 dries | advmod |
| # | 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 | dry | present | the brush | fast property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Go and brush them and tell Gran the truth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 brush | cc |
| 3 | brush | brush | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brush | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 7 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 truth | det |
| 9 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | brush | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the truth | Gran | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient truth=Topic |
Option 3
Say the sister is lying
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 sister | det |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lying | aux |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 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 | lie | present · progressive | the sister | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Wet the brush quickly under the tap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wet | wet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 brush | det |
| 3 | brush | brush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wet | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Wet | advmod |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 tap | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tap | det |
| 7 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wet | imperative | you not said here | the brush | the tap | quickly property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brush=Patient |
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