Test 11 · ★★ · Covering for a friend
Mia knows who did the glitter prank but didn't see it. What's an honest line for a small prank?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, honest line · What happens: know, do, not see, be · To what, where: glitter prank, prank · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Mia knows who did the glitter prank but didn't see it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 knows | nsubj |
| 2 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 knows | ccomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prank | det |
| 6 | glitter | glitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prank | compound |
| 7 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 see | cc |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 see | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 see | advmod |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 did | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 see | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Mia | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | do | past | the glitter prank | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prank=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not see | past · do-support | prank | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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 an honest line for a small prank?
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 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 line | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 line | amod |
| 5 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 prank | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prank | det |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 prank | amod |
| 9 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 line | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a honest line for a small prank | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
«I don't want to say who»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 want | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 want | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 want | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 want | advmod |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent who=Topic |
Option 2
«It was me»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 me | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 me | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 me | cop |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 me | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | It | me | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
«I don't know anything»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 know | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 know | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 know | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know in a quote | present · do-support | I | anything | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
Option 4
«It was the cleaner, Miss»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 cleaner | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cleaner | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cleaner | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cleaner | det |
| 5 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Miss | punct |
| 7 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cleaner | vocative |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 cleaner | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | It | the cleaner | Miss vocative | tree rules |
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