Test 5 · ★ · Accidents told too late
Kid: «I've never told about the stuff I break and I've never been caught». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: not tell, break, not catch, be · To what, where: I, stuff · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 343 «Accidents told too late» 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: Kid: «I've never told about the stuff I break and I've never been caught».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 told | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 told | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 told | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 told | advmod |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Kid | parataxis |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 stuff | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stuff | det |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | obl |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 break | nsubj |
| 12 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 stuff | acl:relcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 caught | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 caught | aux |
| 16 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 caught | advmod |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 caught | aux:pass |
| 18 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 told | conj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 caught | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert in a quote | present · perfect · passive | I | about the stuff | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient about stuff=Topic | ||||
| 2 | break in a quote | present | I | the stuff not said here | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not catch in a quote | present · perfect · passive | I | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It's fine if he's careful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 careful | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 careful | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 careful | cop |
| 7 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | he | careful property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Things usually turn up, and hiding makes them worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 turn | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 turn | advmod |
| 3 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 turn | compound:prt |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 makes | cc |
| 7 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 turn | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 makes | obj |
| 10 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | present | Things | usually property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hide | gerund | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | make | present | Things = thing | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
Option 3
He'll never be caught
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 caught | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not catch | future · passive | He | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Hiding always works for small things if you're careful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 works | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 things | case |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 things | amod |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 works | obl |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 careful | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 careful | nsubj |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 careful | cop |
| 10 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 works | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | work | present | for small things; always property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for thing=Beneficiary | |||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | careful property | tree rules |
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