Test 3 · ★★★ · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters
«I promised not to snoop but I did it again, I'm useless». What's the wise reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, wise reply · What happens: promise, not snoop, do, be · To what, where: it
This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 357 «Snooping on phones, diaries and letters» 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: «I promised not to snoop but I did it again, I'm useless».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 promised | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 promised | nsubj |
| 3 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 snoop | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 snoop | mark |
| 6 | snoop | snoop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 promised | xcomp |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 did | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 promised | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | obj |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 did | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 useless | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 useless | nsubj |
| 14 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 useless | cop |
| 15 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 promised | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 useless | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 promised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise in a quote | past | I | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not snoop not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | past | I | it | again | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | I | useless 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 the wise reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Everyone slips; own up, put it right and make a plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 slips | nsubj |
| 2 | slips | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 own | punct |
| 4 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 slips | obl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 own | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 put | punct |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 own | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 put | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 put | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 make | cc |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 own | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 plan | det |
| 13 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip | present | Everyone | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | own up | infinitive | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | put | infinitive | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | ||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | a plan | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product |
Option 2
Promises don't matter anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Promises | promise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 matter | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 matter | advmod |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 matter | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not matter | present · do-support | Promises | anyway property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, you're useless forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 useless | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 useless | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 useless | cop |
| 5 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 useless | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | you | forever, useless property | tree rules |
Option 4
Don't own up this time, it'll only make things worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 own | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 own | advmod |
| 3 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 own | compound:prt |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 own | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 make | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 make | aux |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 make | advmod |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 own | conj |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not own up | imperative · do-support | you not said here | time | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | make | future | it | things | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material thing=Product |
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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