Test 5 · ★★★ · Snooping on phones, diaries and letters
read my sister's texts 3 times and she never knew, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she, it · What happens: read, not know, work, be · To what, where: texts · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: read my sister's texts 3 times and she never knew, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 texts | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 sister | case |
| 5 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 read | obj |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 times | nummod |
| 7 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 read | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 knew | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 knew | nsubj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 knew | advmod |
| 11 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 read | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 worked | punct |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 worked | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 worked | nsubj |
| 15 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 knew | ccomp |
| 16 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 time | amod |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 worked | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 fine | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 fine | advmod |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 fine | expl |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 fine | cop |
| 22 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 read | parataxis |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 22 fine | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 read | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | my sister's texts | time | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not know | past | she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | it | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | 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: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Yes, sisters share everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 share | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | nsubj |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | sisters | everything | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only if you never tell anyone about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 tell | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 tell | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 tell | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | present | you | anyone | about it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient about it=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, three times proves it's safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 proves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 times | nummod |
| 4 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 proves | nsubj |
| 5 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | three times | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was never fine, and now it's a habit to stop
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fine | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fine | expl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 habit | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 habit | cc |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 habit | advmod |
| 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 | 6 fine | parataxis |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 stop | mark |
| 15 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 habit | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | a habit | now | tree rules | |||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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