Test 7 · Little lies at home

Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs». Why is that wrong advice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, u, nobody, that · What happens: say, read, check, be · To what, where: Mate, reading logs, wrong advice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Mate: «just say u read it, nobody checks reading logs».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	vocative
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 read	nsubj
7	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 read	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 checks	punct
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 checks	nsubj
11	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	parataxis
12	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 logs	amod
13	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 checks	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 checks	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here		Mate vocative	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	read in a quote	past	u	Mate		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	check in a quote	present	nobody	reading logs		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Theme
4	read in a quote	gerund				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Why is that wrong advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 advice	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 advice	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 advice	nsubj
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 advice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	wrong advice					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Books know when you skip pages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 know	nsubj
2	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 skip	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 skip	nsubj
5	skip	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 know	ccomp
6	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 skip	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Books						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	skip	present	you	pages					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Teachers do ask about the book, and the lie gets found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ask	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 book	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 book	det
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gets	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gets	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lie	det
10	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gets	nsubj
11	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	conj
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present · do-support	Teachers	about the book	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about book=Topic
2	get	present	the lie		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	find	participle	the lie not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Reading logs are checked by computers, so it's the computer's job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 logs	amod
2	logs	log	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 checked	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 checked	aux:pass
4	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 computers	case
6	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 checked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 job	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	14 job	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 job	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 job	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 computer	det
12	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 job	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 computer	case
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 checked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	read	gerund			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	check	present · passive	computers	Reading logs	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3	is a	present	it	the computer's job	tree rules

Option 4

Lying in a log is allowed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 allowed	csubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 log	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 log	det
4	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lying	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	gerund				a log			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in log=Location
2	allow	present · passive	Lying						vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»

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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