Test 5 · ★ · «It was HIM!»: siblings blaming each other
Dan: «he's been on it FOREVER». The screen shows Dan had it longer. What kind of lie is this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dan, screen, this · What happens: be, show, have · To what, where: screen, kind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Dan: «he's been on it FOREVER».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan | Dan | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dan | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 FOREVER | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 FOREVER | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 FOREVER | cop |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 FOREVER | cop |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 been | obl |
| 9 | FOREVER | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Dan | advmod |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 FOREVER | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Dan | forever property | tree rules |
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: The screen shows Dan had it longer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 screen | det |
| 2 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Dan | Dan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | obj |
| 7 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 had | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | the screen | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Dan | screen | long property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Sentence 3: What kind of lie is this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 kind | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 lie | case |
| 4 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kind | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 kind | cop |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 kind | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | what kind | of lie | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Not a lie, only a feeling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 lie | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lie | det |
| 3 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 feeling | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 feeling | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 feeling | det |
| 7 | feeling | feeling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lie | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The truth, because it felt long to Dan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 truth | det |
| 2 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 felt | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 felt | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 felt | nsubj |
| 6 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 felt | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Dan | case |
| 9 | Dan | Dan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | the truth | Dan | long property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to dan=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
An exaggeration, which is still lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 exaggeration | det |
| 2 | exaggeration | exaggeration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lying | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 lying | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lying | aux |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 lying | advmod |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 exaggeration | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | a exaggeration | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A joke that everyone enjoys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 joke | det |
| 2 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 enjoys | nsubj |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 enjoys | nsubj |
| 5 | enjoys | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 joke | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | present | a joke | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
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