Test 6 · Respect: how it is earned
«Lily's boring, she never slags anyone off». What's the real reason people trust Lily?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, real reason, people · What happens: not slag off, be, trust · To what, where: anyone, Lily
This is test 6 of lesson 385 «Respect: how it is earned» 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: «Lily's boring, she never slags anyone off».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 boring | punct |
| 2 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 boring | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Lily | case |
| 4 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 slags | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 slags | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 slags | advmod |
| 8 | slags | slag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boring | conj |
| 9 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 slags | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 slags | compound:prt |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 slags | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 boring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not slag off in a quote | present | Lily | anyone | 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 real reason people trust Lily?
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 reason | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 trust | nsubj |
| 7 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | acl:relcl |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 trust | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | trust | present | people | Lily | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lily=Theme |
The options
Option 1
She's got nothing to say about anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | aux |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 say | mark |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | xcomp |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 anything | case |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | She | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | about anything | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She's only nice to teachers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 nice | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 nice | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 nice | advmod |
| 4 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 teachers | case |
| 6 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 nice | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | to teachers; nice property | tree rules |
Option 3
She's scared of everyone in the class, even the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 scared | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 class | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 everyone | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 teacher | punct |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 teacher | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 teacher | det |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 everyone | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | of everyone; scared property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She won't talk about you behind your back either
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | nsubj |
| 2 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 talk | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 talk | advmod |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 you | case |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | obl |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talk | obl |
| 10 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 talk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not talk | future | She | your back | about you; either property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about you=Topic |
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