Test 6 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends
Lily: «if they never see the test, they never know». Which is TRUE?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: not see, not know, be · To what, where: test
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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: «if they never see the test, they never know».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 see | advmod |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 know | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 test | det |
| 9 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 see | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 see | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 know | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 know | advmod |
| 13 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lily | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 know | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lily | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | they | the test | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer test=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not know in a quote | present | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Which is TRUE?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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
Bad marks vanish when hidden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 marks | amod |
| 2 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 vanish | nsubj |
| 3 | vanish | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 hidden | advmod |
| 5 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 vanish | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | present | Bad marks | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hide | participle | Bad marks not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Parents never ask about tests
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 ask | advmod |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 tests | case |
| 5 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | present | Parents | about tests | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about test=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Teachers can email parents directly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 email | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 email | aux |
| 3 | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root | ||
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 email | obj |
| 5 | directly | directly | ADV | _ | 3 email | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | can | Teachers | parents | directly property | tree rules |
Option 4
Tests can't be checked if lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 checked | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 checked | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 checked | aux:pass |
| 5 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 lost | mark |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 checked | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not check | can · passive | Tests | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose a condition, not said to happen | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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