Test 6 · ★ · Lies that grow: one lie needs three more

What would have happened if Hamza had said «I got a 4» at the start?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hamza · What happens: happen, say, get · To what, where: 4, start · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
6	Hamza	Hamza	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	aux
8	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 got	nsubj
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 4	det
13	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 got	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 got	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 start	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 start	det
17	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Hamza			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote	past	Hamza	a 4	the start	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent 4=Theme at start=Asset

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They would have kicked him out of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kicked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kicked	aux
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	9 house	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	would · perfect · passive		They		the house			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient he=Result

Option 2

Nothing, because nobody cares about tests anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 cares	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 cares	mark
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 cares	nsubj
5	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 tests	case
7	tests	test	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cares	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 cares	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	nobody					about tests; anyway property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about test=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His parents would help him practise, with no sad lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 help	obj
6	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 lie	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 lie	det
10	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lie	amod
11	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 practise	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would	His parents	him = he					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	practise	infinitive	him = he not said here						tree rules

Option 4

They'd put the 4 on the fridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 put	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 put	aux
3	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 4	det
5	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 put	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 fridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fridge	det
8	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	would	They	the 4		the fridge			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent 4=Theme on fridge=Destination

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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