Test 8 · Putting the blame on someone else
Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know». What would put it right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: not miss, know, put · To what, where: Teammate, purpose
This is test 8 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: Teammate, quiet: «I didn't miss it on purpose, you know».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teammate | teammate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 quiet | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 quiet | punct |
| 3 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 miss | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 miss | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 miss | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 miss | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 miss | advmod |
| 9 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 quiet | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 miss | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 purpose | case |
| 12 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 miss | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 know | punct |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 15 know | nsubj |
| 15 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 miss | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 know | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 quiet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not miss in a quote | past · do-support | I | Teammate | purpose | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 would put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 put | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 put | aux |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | obj |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 put | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | would | Teammate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent what=Asset it=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Say «yeah you did, everyone saw it, mate»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 3 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 did | discourse |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 saw | punct |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saw | vocative |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 mate | punct |
| # | 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 clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | see in a quote | past | everyone | it | mate vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell the coach the truth and say sorry
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 coach | det |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 truth | det |
| 5 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 say | cc |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the coach | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient truth=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Ignore him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
Say the ref was to blame
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 ref | det |
| 3 | ref | ref | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 blame | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 blame | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 blame | mark |
| 6 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Say | ccomp |
| # | 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 how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the ref | blame property | tree rules |
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