Test 6 · Putting the blame on someone else Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!» Mum believes her. The brother did. What fixes it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Mum, brother · What happens: cry, not eat, believe, do, fix · To what, where: it, her · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Sister, crying: «I DIDN'T eat it!»
punct conj punct punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis obj punct punct root Sister NOUN , PUNCT crying VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON DID AUX N'T PART eat VERB it PRON ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sister sister NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 crying punct 3 crying cry VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Sister conj 4 : : PUNCT _ 1 Sister punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 9 eat punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 eat nsubj 7 DID did AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 eat aux 8 N'T not PART Polarity=Neg 9 eat advmod 9 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Sister parataxis 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 eat obj 11 ! ! PUNCT _ 9 eat punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 9 eat punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express gerund vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not eat in a quote I it vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
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 believes her.
nsubj obj punct root Mum NOUN believes VERB her PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 believes nsubj 2 believes believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 believes obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 believes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe present Mum her = she vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
Sentence 3: The brother did.
det nsubj punct root The DET brother NOUN did VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 brother det 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
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1 do past the brother vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What fixes it?
nsubj obj punct root What PRON fixes VERB it PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 fixes nsubj 2 fixes fix VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 fixes obj 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 fixes punct
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1 fix present it vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Say Mum ate it
nsubj ccomp obj root Say VERB Mum NOUN ate VERB it 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 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 ate nsubj 3 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ate obj
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1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat past Mum it vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Say sorry and give her his share in the morning
xcomp cc conj iobj nmod:poss obj case det obl root Say VERB sorry ADJ and CCONJ give VERB her PRON his PRON share NOUN in ADP the DET morning NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 give cc 4 give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Say conj 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 give iobj 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 share nmod:poss 7 share share NOUN Number=Sing 4 give obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 morning case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 morning det 10 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 4 give obl
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1 say speech: apologize imperative you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 give infinitive you not said here his share her = she morning vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient share=Theme 3 share his = he nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Blame the dog
det obj root Blame VERB the DET dog NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Blame blame VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 dog det 3 dog dog NOUN Number=Sing 1 Blame obj
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1 blame imperative you not said here the dog vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
Option 4 Tell her to stop being such a baby about it, it's only cereal
The tree, 14 words iobj mark xcomp cop det:predet det obj case nmod punct nsubj cop advmod obl root Tell VERB her PRON to PART stop VERB being AUX such DET a DET baby NOUN about ADP it PRON , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX only ADV cereal NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Tell iobj 3 to to PART _ 4 stop mark 4 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Tell xcomp 5 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 baby cop 6 such such DET PronType=Ind 8 baby det:predet 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 baby det 8 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 4 stop obj 9 about about ADP _ 10 it case 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 baby nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 cereal punct 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 cereal nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 cereal cop 14 only only ADV _ 15 cereal advmod 15 cereal cereal NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here her = she vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 stop not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 3 is a gerund such baby about baby tree rules 4 is a present baby cereal tree rules
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