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Test 3 · ★★ · When the story falls apart

Mate: «just say your dog died, they'll give you loads of time». Why is that a cruel lie?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, dog, they · What happens: say, die, give, be · To what, where: loads, you, cruel lie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 431 «When the story falls apart» 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: Mate: «just say your dog died, they'll give you loads of time».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mate	acl:relcl
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dog	nmod:poss
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 give	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 give	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 give	aux
12	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 give	iobj
14	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 give	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 time	case
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loads	nmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 give	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Mate not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	past	your dog						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	give in a quote	future	they	loads of time	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient load=Theme

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 that a cruel lie?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 lie	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lie	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 lie	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lie	det
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lie	amod
6	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 lie	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a cruel lie					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It uses people's kindness about something sad

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	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kindness	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 people	case
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 kindness	nmod
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	It	people's kindness				about something	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Patient

Option 2

It won't get any extra time

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 get	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 get	advmod
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 time	det
6	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	future	It				time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Teachers don't like dogs very much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	obj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADV	_	4 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	Teachers	dogs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme

Option 4

It's not cruel, it's a clever trick that hurts nobody

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 cruel	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cruel	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 cruel	advmod
4	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trick	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trick	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trick	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 trick	det
9	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trick	amod
10	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cruel	parataxis
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hurts	nsubj
12	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trick	acl:relcl
13	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 hurts	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	It					cruel property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a clever trick					tree rules
3	hurt	present	a clever trick	nobody					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nobody=Patient

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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