Test 10 · ★★ · Covering for a friend
In a film the hero never «grasses» on his gang, whatever they do. What is true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, grasses · What happens: not grass, do, be · To what, where: gang, real life
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 436 «Covering for a friend» 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 film the hero never «grasses» on his gang, whatever they do.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 grasses | det |
| 5 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grasses | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 grasses | advmod |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 grasses | punct |
| 8 | grasses | grass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 film | nmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 grasses | punct |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 gang | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 gang | nmod:poss |
| 12 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grasses | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 whatever | punct |
| 14 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 gang | appos |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 do | nsubj |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grass in a quote | hero | hero's gang | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | present | grasses = grass | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice
Loyalty means lying for your friends about anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 friends | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 friends | nmod:poss |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lying | obl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 anything | case |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 friends | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Loyalty | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lie not said to happen | gerund | Loyalty not said here | for your friends about anything | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Grown-ups never find out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 find | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 find | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not find out | infinitive | Grown ups | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Covering always protects your friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covering | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 protects | advmod |
| 3 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 friends | nmod:poss |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 protects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | gerund | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | protect | present | your friends | always property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Covering for someone who hurt or stole drags you in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covering | cover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 drags | csubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 someone | case |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Covering | obl |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 hurt | nsubj |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 someone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 stole | cc |
| 7 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | conj |
| 8 | drags | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 drags | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 drags | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | gerund | for someone | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hurt | past | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | steal | past | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | drag in | present | Covering | you | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
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