Test 11 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other
In a sitcom, a kid frames his brother and everyone laughs at the brother's punishment. What is true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid frames, brother · What happens: laugh, punish, be · To what, where: real life
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 432 ««It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other» 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: In a sitcom, a kid frames his brother and everyone laughs at the brother's punishment.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sitcom | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sitcom | det |
| 3 | sitcom | sitcom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laughs | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sitcom | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 frames | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 frames | compound |
| 7 | frames | frame | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 laughs | nsubj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brother | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laughs | nsubj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 everyone | cc |
| 11 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 brother | conj |
| 12 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 punishment | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 brother | det |
| 15 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 punishment | nmod:poss |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 brother | case |
| 17 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laughs | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 laughs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | a kid frames | at the brother's punishment; in a sitcom | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in sitcom=Theme | ||||
| 2 | punish | the brother | nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 is true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The brother deserves it anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brother | det |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 deserves | nsubj |
| 3 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 deserves | obj |
| 5 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 deserves | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | the brother | it | anyway property | tree rules |
Option 2
It's always just a harmless joke between brothers
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 | 7 joke | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 joke | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 joke | advmod |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 joke | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 joke | det |
| 6 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 joke | amod |
| 7 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | between | between | ADP | _ | 9 brothers | case |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 joke | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a harmless joke | between brothers; always property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Getting someone punished for nothing is a cruel lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 lie | csubj |
| 2 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Getting | obj |
| 3 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 someone | acl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 nothing | case |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 punished | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lie | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lie | det |
| 8 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lie | amod |
| 9 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | someone | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | punish | participle | for nothing | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nothing=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | Getting | a cruel lie | tree rules |
Option 4
Parents never find out who really did it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 find | advmod |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 find | compound:prt |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 did | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 did | advmod |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find out | infinitive | Parents | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | past | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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