Test 5 · Putting the blame on someone else
Teacher: «The history shows this file was never opened, Ryan.» What should Ryan say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Teacher, Ryan · What happens: show, not open, say · To what, where: file · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Teacher: «The history shows this file was never opened, Ryan.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teacher | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 history | det |
| 5 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shows | nsubj |
| 6 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 file | det |
| 8 | file | file | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 opened | aux:pass |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 opened | advmod |
| 11 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 shows | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Ryan | punct |
| 13 | Ryan | Ryan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 opened | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show in a quote | present | Teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not open in a quote | past · passive | this file | Ryan obl | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location 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 should Ryan say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Ryan | Ryan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | Ryan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
«The computer is lying»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 lying | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 computer | det |
| 3 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lying | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lying | aux |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 lying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie in a quote | present · progressive | the computer | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
«My brother deleted the history»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 deleted | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 brother | nmod:poss |
| 3 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deleted | nsubj |
| 4 | deleted | delete | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 history | det |
| 6 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deleted | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 deleted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete in a quote | past | My brother | the history | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme |
Option 3
«Your computer is broken»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 broken | punct |
| 2 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 computer | nmod:poss |
| 3 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 broken | aux:pass |
| 5 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 broken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break in a quote | present · passive | Your computer | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
«I never did it. Sorry, I'll do it now»
Sentence 1: «I never did it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do in a quote | past | I | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Sentence 2: Sorry, I'll do it now»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 5 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sorry | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 do | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | future | I | it | now | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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