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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».

punctpunctnsubjcopcompoundconjnsubjadvmodacl:relclpunctdetnsubjcopconjamodpunctpunctrootSisterNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTIPRON'mAUXtellinNOUNMumNOUNuPRONneverADVbrushedVERB,PUNCTtheDETbrushNOUNisAUXboneNOUNdryADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SistersisterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Sisterpunct
3««PUNCT_7 Mumpunct
4IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 Mumnsubj
5'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 Mumcop
6tellintellinNOUNNumber=Sing7 Mumcompound
7MummumNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sisterconj
8uyouPRONAbbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs10 brushednsubj
9neverneverADVPronType=Neg10 brushedadvmod
10brushedbrushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 Mumacl:relcl
11,,PUNCT_15 bonepunct
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 brushdet
13brushbrushNOUNNumber=Sing15 bonensubj
14isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 bonecop
15boneboneNOUNNumber=Sing7 Mumconj
16drydryADJDegree=Pos15 boneamod
17»»PUNCT_16 drypunct
18..PUNCT_1 Sisterpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentItellin Mum and bonetree rules
2not brush in a quotepastutellin Mum and bone not said herevn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent mum=Destination
3is a in a quotepresentthe brushbonetree 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?

copdetamodamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDEThonestADJnextADJstepNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 stepdet
4honesthonestADJDegree=Pos6 stepamod
5nextnextADJDegree=Pos6 stepamod
6stepstepNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
7??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe honest next steptree rules

The options

Option 1

Say the brush dries fast

detnsubjccompadvmodrootSayVERBtheDETbrushNOUNdriesVERBfastADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 brushdet
3brushbrushNOUNNumber=Sing4 driesnsubj
4driesdryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Sayccomp
5fastfastADVDegree=Pos4 driesadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2drypresentthe brushfast propertyvn 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

ccconjobjccconjobjdetobjrootGoVERBandCCONJbrushVERBthemPRONandCCONJtellVERBGranPROPNtheDETtruthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GogoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2andandCCONJ_3 brushcc
3brushbrushVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Goconj
4themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 brushobj
5andandCCONJ_6 tellcc
6telltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Goconj
7GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing6 tellobj
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 truthdet
9truthtruthNOUNNumber=Sing6 tellobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1goimperativeyou not said herevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2brushinfinitiveyou not said herethem = theyvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3tell speech: assertinfinitiveyou not said herethe truthGranvn 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

detnsubjauxccomprootSayVERBtheDETsisterNOUNisAUXlyingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 sisterdet
3sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing5 lyingnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 lyingaux
5lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Sayccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertimperativeyou not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2liepresent · progressivethe sistervn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Wet the brush quickly under the tap

detobjadvmodcasedetoblrootWetVERBtheDETbrushNOUNquicklyADVunderADPtheDETtapNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WetwetVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 brushdet
3brushbrushNOUNNumber=Sing1 Wetobj
4quicklyquicklyADV_1 Wetadvmod
5underunderADP_7 tapcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 tapdet
7taptapNOUNNumber=Sing1 Wetobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wetimperativeyou not said herethe brushthe tapquickly propertyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent brush=Patient

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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