Test 5 · ★ · Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily Teacher asks: «Lily, why didn't you tell me sooner?» Lily: «I didn't want to tell tales.» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Teacher, Lily · What happens: ask, not tell, not want, tell, be · To what, where: Teacher, tales · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 387 «Ponytail tugging: crushes shown clumsily» 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: Teacher asks: «Lily, why didn't you tell me sooner?»
nsubj punct punct nsubj punct advmod aux advmod nsubj parataxis iobj advmod punct punct root Teacher NOUN asks VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT Lily PROPN , PUNCT why ADV did AUX n't PART you PRON tell VERB me PRON sooner ADV ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 asks punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 11 tell punct 5 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 11 tell nsubj 6 , , PUNCT _ 11 tell punct 7 why why ADV PronType=Int 11 tell advmod 8 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 tell aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 tell advmod 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 tell nsubj 11 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 asks parataxis 12 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 tell iobj 13 sooner soon ADV Degree=Cmp 11 tell advmod 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 11 tell punct 15 » » PUNCT _ 11 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Teacher vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not tell speech: assert in a quote past · do-support Lily Teacher soon property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
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: Lily: «I didn't want to tell tales.»
vocative punct punct nsubj aux advmod mark xcomp obj punct punct root Lily PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON did AUX n't PART want VERB to PART tell VERB tales NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 7 want vocative 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Lily punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 want punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 want nsubj 5 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 want aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 want advmod 7 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 to to PART _ 9 tell mark 9 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 want xcomp 10 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 9 tell obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 7 want punct 12 » » PUNCT _ 7 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not want in a quote past · do-support Teacher Lily vocative vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 tell speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive Teacher not said here tales vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT 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 · ✓ the right answer Telling about being hurt every day isn't telling tales
csubj mark aux:pass xcomp det obl:unmarked aux advmod obj root Telling VERB about SCONJ being AUX hurt VERB every DET day NOUN is AUX n't PART telling VERB tales NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 telling csubj 2 about about SCONJ _ 4 hurt mark 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 hurt aux:pass 4 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Telling xcomp 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 day det 6 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 hurt obl:unmarked 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 telling aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 telling advmod 9 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 10 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 9 telling obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hurt not said to happen gerund · passive day vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» 3 not tell speech: assert present · progressive Telling tales vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient
Option 2 She should have sorted it with her fists
nsubj aux aux obj case nmod:poss obl root She PRON should AUX have AUX sorted VERB it PRON with ADP her PRON fists NOUN 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 sorted nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 sorted aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 sorted aux 4 sorted sort VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 sorted obj 6 with with ADP _ 8 fists case 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 fists nmod:poss 8 fists fist NOUN Number=Plur 4 sorted obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sort should · perfect She it with her fists vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 3 It's only telling tales if a girl does it to a boy
nsubj aux advmod obj mark det nsubj advcl obj case det obl root It PRON 's AUX only ADV telling VERB tales NOUN if SCONJ a DET girl NOUN does VERB it PRON to ADP a DET boy NOUN 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 telling nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 telling aux 3 only only ADV _ 4 telling advmod 4 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 4 telling obj 6 if if SCONJ _ 9 does mark 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 girl det 8 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 9 does nsubj 9 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 telling advcl 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 does obj 11 to to ADP _ 13 boy case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 boy det 13 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 9 does obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present · progressive It tales vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient 2 do a condition, not said to happen present a girl it to a boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
Option 4 Telling a teacher always makes it worse
csubj det obj advmod obj xcomp root Telling VERB a DET teacher NOUN always ADV makes VERB it PRON worse ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 makes csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 teacher det 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 1 Telling obj 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 makes advmod 5 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 makes obj 7 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund a teacher vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient 2 make present Telling teacher always, bad property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=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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