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Test 3 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other

«it was HIM» / «no it was HER» — both have chocolate faces. What's the smartest move?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, both, smartest move · What happens: be, have · To what, where: HER, chocolate faces

This is test 3 · ★ 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: «it was HIM» / «no it was HER» — both have chocolate faces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 HIM	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 HIM	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 HIM	cop
4	HIM	him	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 HIM	punct
6	/	/	SYM	_	11 HER	cc
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 HER	punct
8	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	11 HER	discourse
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 HER	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 HER	cop
11	HER	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 HIM	conj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 HIM	punct
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
14	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 HIM	conj
16	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 faces	compound
17	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 have	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 HIM	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	it					him property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	past	it	HER = she					tree rules
3	have	present	both	chocolate faces					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient

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's the smartest move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 move	det
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 move	amod
5	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Own up first for the best deal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Own	own	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Own	compound:prt
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Own	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 deal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deal	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 deal	amod
7	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Own	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own up	imperative	you not said here					for the best deal; first property	vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 2

Blame the dog for the chocolate instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 chocolate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chocolate	det
6	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Blame	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	the dog				for the chocolate; instead property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent dog=Theme for chocolate=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Wash your face quickly and keep lying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wash	wash	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 face	nmod:poss
3	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wash	obj
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Wash	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 keep	cc
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wash	conj
7	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	imperative	you not said here	your face				quickly property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient
2	keep	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
3	lie	gerund	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Keep blaming each other louder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	blaming	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 blaming	obj
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 each	fixed
5	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here					loud property	tree rules
2	blame	gerund	you not said here	each					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme

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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