Test 2 · ★★ · When someone else takes your punishment

«said the bus was late twice n it worked. third time's fine too». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bus, third time · What happens: say, be, work · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 345 «When someone else takes your punishment» 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: «said the bus was late twice n it worked. third time's fine too».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bus	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 late	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 late	cop
6	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	ccomp
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 late	advmod
8	n	n	PUNCT	_	10 worked	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 worked	nsubj
10	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 worked	punct
12	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fine	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 worked	ccomp
16	too	too	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	past	the bus	late, twice property	tree rules
3	work in a quote	past	bus		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	present	third time	fine property	tree rules

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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's fine, buses are often late, so nobody can ever prove it's not true

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 late	punct
5	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 late	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 late	cop
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 late	advmod
8	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 prove	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 prove	advmod
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 prove	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 prove	aux
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	14 prove	advmod
14	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 true	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 true	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 true	advmod
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 prove	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present			fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	buses		late, often property	tree rules
3	prove	can	nobody	ever		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	not is	present	it		true property	tree rules

Option 2

It only matters if you're very late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 matters	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 late	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 late	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 late	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 late	advmod
8	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 matters	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					late property	tree rules

Option 3

Three is the limit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 limit	nummod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 limit	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 limit	det
4	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Three limit					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It can be seen through any time, and it's a habit of lying

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seen	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 seen	aux:pass
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 time	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 habit	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 habit	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 habit	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 habit	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 habit	det
13	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 lying	case
15	lying	lying	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 habit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can · passive		It			time		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	is a	present	it	a habit				of lying	tree rules

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