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Test 5 · ★★ · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays

Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!» Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year». What's the lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Friends, you, lesson · What happens: swear, swim, say, meet, be · To what, where: mermaid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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: Mila: «I swear I swam with dolphins!!»

punctpunctnsubjparataxisnsubjccompcaseoblpunctpunctrootMilaPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTIPRONswearVERBIPRONswamVERBwithADPdolphinsNOUN!!PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MilaMilaPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Milapunct
3««PUNCT_5 swearpunct
4IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs5 swearnsubj
5swearswearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Milaparataxis
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 swamnsubj
7swamswimVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 swearccomp
8withwithADP_9 dolphinscase
9dolphinsdolphinNOUNNumber=Plur7 swamobl
10!!!!PUNCT_5 swearpunct
11»»PUNCT_5 swearpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swear in a quotepresentIvn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2swim in a quotepastIwith dolphinsvn swarm-47.5.1-1 «PP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with dolphin=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: Friends: «you said you met a mermaid last year».

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjnsubjccompdetobjamodobl:unmarkedpunctpunctrootFriendsNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTyouPRONsaidVERByouPRONmetVERBaDETmermaidNOUNlastADJyearNOUN»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FriendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur5 saidnsubj
2::PUNCT_1 Friendspunct
3««PUNCT_5 saidpunct
4youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 saidnsubj
5saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs7 metnsubj
7metmeetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 saidccomp
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 mermaiddet
9mermaidmermaidNOUNNumber=Sing7 metobj
10lastlastADJDegree=Pos11 yearamod
11yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing7 metobl:unmarked
12»»PUNCT_7 metpunct
13..PUNCT_5 saidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepastFriendsvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2meet in a quotepastyoua mermaidyearvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mermaid=Co-Agent

Sentence 3: What's the lesson?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETlessonNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 lessondet
4lessonlessonNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe lessontree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Never tell anyone any holiday stories at all

advmodobjdetcompoundobjcaseoblrootNeverADVtellVERBanyonePRONanyDETholidayNOUNstoriesNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeverneverADVPronType=Neg2 telladvmod
2telltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
3anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind2 tellobj
4anyanyDETPronType=Ind6 storiesdet
5holidayholidayNOUNNumber=Sing6 storiescompound
6storiesstoryNOUNNumber=Plur2 tellobj
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot2 tellobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereany holiday storiesanyoneallvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient story=Topic

Option 2

Dolphins are fake

nsubjcoprootDolphinsNOUNareAUXfakeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DolphinsdolphinNOUNNumber=Plur3 fakensubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 fakecop
3fakefakeADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentDolphinsfake propertytree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Every lie spends trust you need later

detnsubjobjnsubjparataxisadvmodrootEveryDETlieNOUNspendsVERBtrustNOUNyouPRONneedVERBlaterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1EveryeveryDETPronType=Tot2 liedet
2lielieNOUNNumber=Sing3 spendsnsubj
3spendsspendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4trusttrustNOUNNumber=Sing3 spendsobj
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 neednsubj
6needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 spendsparataxis
7laterlateADVDegree=Cmp6 needadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1spendpresentevery lietrustvn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Asset
2needpresentyoulate propertyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Mermaids are real after all

nsubjcopcaseoblrootMermaidsNOUNareAUXrealADJafterADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MermaidsmermaidNOUNNumber=Plur3 realnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 realcop
3realrealADJDegree=Posrootroot
4afterafterADP_5 allcase
5allallDETPronType=Tot3 realobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentMermaidsafter allreal propertytree rules

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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