Test 2 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more
Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.» What does she mean?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum · What happens: dig, build, mean · To what, where: hole, house
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 430 «Lies that grow: one lie needs three more» 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: Mum in Manchester: «Our kid, you dug a hole and then built a house in it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dug | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Manchester | case |
| 3 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 kid | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 kid | punct |
| 6 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 kid | nmod:poss |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dug | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kid | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 dug | nsubj |
| 10 | dug | dig | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 hole | det |
| 12 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dug | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 built | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 built | advmod |
| 15 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 dug | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 house | det |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 built | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 it | case |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 built | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 dug | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 dug | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig in a quote | past | Mum in Manchester | a hole | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build in a quote | past | Mum in Manchester not said here | a house | then | in kid | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
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 does she mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Mum | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Jake made a small problem huge with more lies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 problem | amod |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 made | xcomp |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 lies | case |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 lies | amod |
| 9 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Jake | a small problem | with more lies; huge property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Product |
Option 2
Jake has to dig the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dig | mark |
| 4 | dig | dig | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garden | det |
| 6 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dig | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Jake | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | dig | to-infinitive | Jake not said here | the garden | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |
Option 3
Jake would make a really good builder one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 builder | det |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 good | advmod |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 builder | amod |
| 7 | builder | builder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 day | nummod |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | would | Jake | a good builder | day | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent builder=Product |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Jake lost his bus pass down a hole
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bus | nmod:poss |
| 4 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 lost | xcomp |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 pass | compound:prt |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hole | det |
| 8 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pass | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Jake | Jake's bus | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass down | infinitive | Jake not said here | a hole | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hole=Trajectory |
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