Test 7 · ★★ · Covering for a friend Leo's friend: «don't tell your mum, it was just a game». The younger boy has a cut lip. What should Leo do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, younger boy, Leo · What happens: not tell, be, have, do · To what, where: mum, game, cut lip · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Leo's friend: «don't tell your mum, it was just a game».
nmod:poss case punct punct aux advmod conj nmod:poss obj punct nsubj cop advmod det ccomp punct punct root Leo PROPN 's PART friend NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT do AUX n't PART tell VERB your PRON mum NOUN , PUNCT it PRON was AUX just ADV a DET game NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Leo case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 tell punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 tell punct 6 do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 8 tell aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 tell advmod 8 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 friend conj 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 mum nmod:poss 10 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 tell obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 game punct 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 game nsubj 13 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 game cop 14 just just ADV _ 16 game advmod 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 game det 16 game game NOUN Number=Sing 8 tell ccomp 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 game punct 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 friend punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert in a quote infinitive · do-support your mum vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient 2 is a in a quote past friend a game 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 younger boy has a cut lip.
det amod nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET younger ADJ boy NOUN has VERB a DET cut ADJ lip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 boy det 2 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 boy amod 3 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 lip det 6 cut cut ADJ Degree=Pos 7 lip amod 7 lip lip NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present the younger boy a cut lip vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lip=Patient
Sentence 3: What should Leo do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX Leo PROPN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should Leo vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Keep quiet, because his friend asked him to
xcomp punct mark nmod:poss nsubj parataxis iobj xcomp root Keep VERB quiet ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ his PRON friend NOUN asked VERB him PRON to PART The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Keep xcomp 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 asked punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 7 asked mark 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 friend nmod:poss 6 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 7 asked nsubj 7 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep parataxis 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 asked iobj 9 to to PART _ 7 asked xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here quiet property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 ask speech: ask past his friend him = he vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Tell the truth, because someone was hurt
det obj punct mark nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp root Tell VERB the DET truth NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ someone PRON was AUX hurt VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 truth det 3 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 Tell obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 hurt punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 hurt mark 6 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 8 hurt nsubj:pass 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 hurt aux:pass 8 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Tell ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert imperative you not said here the truth vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient clause=Topic 2 hurt past · passive someone vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 3 Say the younger boy fell
det amod nsubj ccomp root Say VERB the DET younger ADJ boy NOUN fell VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 boy det 3 younger young ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 boy amod 4 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 fell nsubj 5 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 fall past the younger boy vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Say he didn't see
nsubj aux advmod ccomp root Say VERB he PRON did AUX n't PART see VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 see nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 see aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 see advmod 5 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Say ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert imperative you not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not see past · do-support he vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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