Test 7 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework
Jayden: «Look, my brother spilled juice, I've got the proof!» Why is fake proof worse than a fib?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, brother, I · What happens: look, spill, get, be · To what, where: juice, proof
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» 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: Jayden: «Look, my brother spilled juice, I've got the proof!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Look | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Look | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Look | punct |
| 4 | Look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 spilled | punct |
| 6 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spilled | nsubj |
| 8 | spilled | spill | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Look | conj |
| 9 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spilled | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 got | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 got | nsubj |
| 12 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 got | aux |
| 13 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 Look | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 proof | det |
| 15 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 got | obj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 Look | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | infinitive | Jayden | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | spill in a quote | past | my brother | juice | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location juice=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present · perfect | I | the proof | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer proof=Stimulus |
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: Why is fake proof worse than a fib?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 worse | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worse | cop |
| 3 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 proof | amod |
| 4 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worse | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 fib | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fib | det |
| 8 | fib | fib | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worse | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 worse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | than a fib; fake proof obl:unmarked; bad property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is exactly the same as a fib
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 | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 fib | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fib | det |
| 8 | fib | fib | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | as a fib; exactly, same property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is a planned way to fool someone
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 | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fool | mark |
| 7 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 fool | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | participle | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | a planned way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fool | to-infinitive | someone | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |
Option 3
Proof is always believed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 believed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believed | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 believed | advmod |
| 4 | believed | believe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present · passive | Proof | always property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Juice ruins the teacher's desk and books
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruins | nsubj |
| 2 | ruins | ruin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 desk | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 teacher | case |
| 6 | desk | desk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruins | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 books | cc |
| 8 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 desk | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ruin | present | Juice | the teacher's desk and books | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument desk=Patient |
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