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Test 9 · Putting the blame on someone else

Priest at confession: «And the boy you blamed — does he know the truth yet?» What does Archie need to do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, boy, Archie · What happens: blame, know, need, do · To what, where: boy, truth

This is test 9 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: Priest at confession: «And the boy you blamed — does he know the truth yet?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Priest	pry	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 confession	case
3	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Priest	obl
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Priest	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 boy	punct
6	And	and	CCONJ	_	8 boy	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Priest	appos
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 blamed	nsubj
10	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 boy	acl:relcl
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 boy	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 know	obj
17	yet	yet	ADV	_	14 know	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 boy	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame in a quote	past	you	the boy not said here					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	know in a quote	present · do-support	boy	the truth			yet		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus

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 does Archie need to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 need	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 need	aux
3	Archie	Archie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 do	mark
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present · do-support	Archie						tree rules
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Archie not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell the teacher and the class it was him

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 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 class	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 him	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 him	cop
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		the teacher and the class				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	is a	past	class	him = he					tree rules

Option 2

Write the boy an anonymous note

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 note	det
5	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 note	amod
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	a anonymous note	the boy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient note=Topic

Option 3

Wait until the boy forgets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 forgets	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgets	nsubj
5	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget	present	the boy						tree rules

Option 4

Nothing, the priest knows now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 knows	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priest	det
4	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nothing				now		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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