Test 4 · Putting the blame on someone else Friend's dad: «I've paid for that swing. My son swears it wasn't him.» The boy did it. What's right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, son, Friend, boy · What happens: pay, swear, not be, do, be · To what, where: dad, him, Friend
This is test 4 of lesson 344 «Putting the blame on someone else» 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: Friend's dad: «I've paid for that swing.
nmod:poss case punct punct nsubj aux acl:relcl case det obl punct root Friend NOUN 's PART dad NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON 've AUX paid VERB for ADP that DET swing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 3 dad nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Friend case 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 paid punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 paid punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 paid nsubj 7 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 paid aux 8 paid pay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 dad acl:relcl 9 for for ADP _ 11 swing case 10 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 swing det 11 swing swing NOUN Number=Sing 8 paid obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 dad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay in a quote present · perfect I Friend's dad not said here for that swing vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent dad=Asset for swing=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: My son swears it wasn't him.»
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct punct root My PRON son NOUN swears VERB it PRON was AUX n't PART him PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 son nmod:poss 2 son son NOUN Number=Sing 3 swears nsubj 3 swears swear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 him nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 him cop 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 him advmod 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 swears ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 swears punct 9 » » PUNCT _ 3 swears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 swear present My son vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 not is a past Friend him = he tree rules
Sentence 3: The boy did it.
det nsubj obj punct root The DET boy NOUN did VERB it PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 did obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past the boy Friend vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Sentence 4: What's right?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 Say the swing was old and broke by itself
det nsubj cop ccomp cc conj case obl root Say VERB the DET swing NOUN was AUX old ADJ and CCONJ broke ADJ by ADP itself PRON 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 swing det 3 swing swing NOUN Number=Sing 5 old nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 old cop 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say ccomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 broke cc 7 broke broke ADJ Degree=Pos 5 old conj 8 by by ADP _ 9 itself case 9 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 old obl
# 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 2 is past the swing by swing; old property tree rules 3 be the swing not said here tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Tell the truth so his own parents pay
det obj mark nmod:poss amod nsubj advcl root Tell VERB the DET truth NOUN so SCONJ his PRON own ADJ parents NOUN pay VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 so so SCONJ _ 8 pay mark 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 parents nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 parents amod 7 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 8 pay nsubj 8 pay pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Tell advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the truth vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient 2 pay present his own parents vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Stay quiet, his friend's family can afford it
xcomp punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj aux conj obj root Stay VERB quiet ADJ , PUNCT his PRON friend NOUN 's PART family NOUN can AUX afford VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stay stay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Stay xcomp 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 afford punct 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 friend nmod:poss 5 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 family nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 friend case 7 family family NOUN Number=Sing 9 afford nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 afford aux 9 afford afford VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Stay conj 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 afford obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay imperative you not said here quiet property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 afford can his friend's family friend tree rules
Option 4 Say they both did it together, half each
nsubj nsubj ccomp obj advmod punct advmod obl root Say VERB they PRON both DET did VERB it PRON together ADV , PUNCT half ADV each DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did nsubj 3 both both DET PronType=Tot 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did obj 6 together together ADV _ 4 did advmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 each punct 8 half half ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 9 each advmod 9 each each DET PronType=Tot 1 Say obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here each vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do past they it together property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
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