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Test 3 · ★★ · Covering for a friend

Ollie copied Sam's work. Teacher: «Why are these identical?» What's honest and fair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ollie, Sam, Teacher · What happens: copy, work, be · To what, where: work

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Ollie copied Sam's work.

nsubjnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootOlliePROPNcopiedVERBSamPROPN'sPARTworkNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OllieOlliePROPNNumber=Sing2 copiednsubj
2copiedcopyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3SamSamPROPNNumber=Sing5 worknmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Samcase
5workworkNOUNNumber=Sing2 copiedobj
6..PUNCT_2 copiedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1copypastOllieSam's workvn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Theme
2workSamnom work «act intransitive»: poss=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: Teacher: «Why are these identical?»

nsubjpunctpunctadvmodcopnsubjpunctpunctrootTeacherNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTWhyADVareAUXthesePRONidenticalADJ?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TeacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing7 identicalnsubj
2::PUNCT_7 identicalpunct
3««PUNCT_7 identicalpunct
4WhywhyADVPronType=Int7 identicaladvmod
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 identicalcop
6thesethisPRONNumber=Plur PronType=Dem7 identicalnsubj
7identicalidenticalADJDegree=Posrootroot
8??PUNCT_7 identicalpunct
9»»PUNCT_7 identicalpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentTeacheridentical propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What's honest and fair?

nsubjcopccconjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXhonestADJandCCONJfairADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 honestnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 honestcop
3honesthonestADJDegree=Posrootroot
4andandCCONJ_5 faircc
5fairfairADJDegree=Pos3 honestconj
6??PUNCT_3 honestpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenthonest propertytree rules
2betree rules

The options

Option 1

«We did it together»

punctnsubjobjadvmodpunctroot«PUNCTWePRONdidVERBitPRONtogetherADV»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 didpunct
2WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 didnsubj
3diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 didobj
5togethertogetherADV_3 didadvmod
6»»PUNCT_3 didpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1do in a quotepastWeittogether propertyvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

«I let him look»

punctnsubjobjxcomppunctroot«PUNCTIPRONletVERBhimPRONlookVERB»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 letpunct
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs3 letnsubj
3letletVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 letobj
5looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf3 letxcomp
6»»PUNCT_3 letpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1let in a quotepastIhim = hetree rules
2look in a quoteinfinitivehim = he not said herevn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

«He copied, I didn't know»

punctnsubjpunctnsubjauxadvmodccomppunctroot«PUNCTHePRONcopiedVERB,PUNCTIPRONdidAUXn'tPARTknowVERB»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_3 copiedpunct
2HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 copiednsubj
3copiedcopyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 knowpunct
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs8 knownsubj
6diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 knowaux
7n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 knowadvmod
8knowknowVERBVerbForm=Inf3 copiedccomp
9»»PUNCT_8 knowpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1copy in a quotepastHetree rules
2not know in a quotepast · do-supportIvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

«It's a coincidence»

punctnsubjcopdetpunctroot«PUNCTItPRON'sAUXaDETcoincidenceNOUN»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1««PUNCT_5 coincidencepunct
2ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 coincidencensubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 coincidencecop
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 coincidencedet
5coincidencecoincidenceNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6»»PUNCT_5 coincidencepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentIta coincidencetree 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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