Test 7 · ★ · Excuses and the lies that grow The trip letter turns up on the class website. Mum, hurt: «why'd you hide it?» What answer helps most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: trip letter, Mum, you, answer · What happens: turn up, hurt, hide, help · To what, where: class website, letter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 337 «Excuses and the lies that grow» 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: The trip letter turns up on the class website.
det compound nsubj compound:prt case det compound obl punct root The DET trip NOUN letter NOUN turns VERB up ADP on ADP the DET class NOUN website NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 letter det 2 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 3 letter compound 3 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns nsubj 4 turns turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 turns compound:prt 6 on on ADP _ 9 website case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 website det 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing 9 website compound 9 website website NOUN Number=Sing 4 turns obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 turns punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn up present the trip letter the class website vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on website=Location
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: Mum, hurt: «why'd you hide it?»
nsubj punct punct punct advmod aux nsubj parataxis obj punct punct root Mum NOUN , PUNCT hurt VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT why ADV 'd AUX you PRON hide VERB it PRON ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 hurt nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Mum punct 3 hurt hurt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 hurt punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 9 hide punct 6 why why ADV PronType=Int 9 hide advmod 7 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 hide aux 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 hide nsubj 9 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hurt parataxis 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 hide obj 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 hide punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 9 hide punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hurt past Mum tree rules 2 hide in a quote would you letter vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Sentence 3: What answer helps most?
det nsubj advmod punct root What DET answer NOUN helps VERB most ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what DET PronType=Int 2 answer det 2 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 3 helps nsubj 3 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 most most ADV Degree=Sup 3 helps advmod 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present what answer vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice «I didn't want you to have to pay for it»
punct nsubj aux advmod obj mark xcomp mark xcomp case obl punct root « PUNCT I PRON did AUX n't PART want VERB you PRON to PART have VERB to PART pay VERB for ADP it PRON » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 want punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 want nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 want aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 want advmod 5 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 want obj 7 to to PART _ 8 have mark 8 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 want xcomp 9 to to PART _ 10 pay mark 10 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 have xcomp 11 for for ADP _ 12 it case 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 pay obl 13 » » PUNCT _ 5 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want in a quote past · do-support I you tree rules 2 have not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive you not said here tree rules 3 pay in a quote to-infinitive you not said here for it vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme
Option 2 «It never came, honest»
punct nsubj advmod punct advcl punct root « PUNCT It PRON never ADV came VERB , PUNCT honest ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 came punct 2 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 came nsubj 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 came advmod 4 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 honest punct 6 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 4 came advcl 7 » » PUNCT _ 4 came punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not come in a quote past It vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 «The website is wrong»
punct det nsubj cop punct root « PUNCT The DET website NOUN is AUX wrong ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 wrong punct 2 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 website det 3 website website NOUN Number=Sing 5 wrong nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 wrong cop 5 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present the website wrong property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The true one: «I was scared about the trip»
det amod punct punct nsubj cop acl:relcl case det obl punct root The DET true ADJ one NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON was AUX scared ADJ about ADP the DET trip NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 one det 2 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 3 one amod 3 one one NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 scared punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 scared punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 scared nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 scared cop 8 scared scared ADJ Degree=Pos 3 one acl:relcl 9 about about ADP _ 11 trip case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 trip det 11 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 8 scared obl 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 trip punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past I the true one not said here about the trip; scared property tree rules
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