Test 8 · ★★ · Covering for a friend
Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out. Is he lying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alfie · What happens: lend, sit out, lie · To what, where: PE kit
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Alfie lends his PE kit and sits out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lends | nsubj |
| 2 | lends | lend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 kit | nmod:poss |
| 4 | PE | pe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kit | compound |
| 5 | kit | kit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lends | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sits | cc |
| 7 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 lends | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sits | compound:prt |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lend | present | Alfie | Alfie's PE kit | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kit=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sit out | present | Alfie not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «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: Is he lying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lying | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lying | nsubj |
| 3 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 lying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | Alfie | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Yes, covering for anyone is always lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 lying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | covering | cover | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 lying | csubj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 anyone | case |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 covering | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lying | aux |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 lying | advmod |
| 8 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | gerund | for anyone | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lie | present · progressive | covering | always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, he's helping at his own cost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 helping | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 helping | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 helping | aux |
| 5 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 cost | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cost | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cost | amod |
| 9 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · progressive | he | his own cost | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | cost | his = he | nom cost «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Yes, it's a big lie to the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 lie | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lie | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lie | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lie | amod |
| 7 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 teacher | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 teacher | det |
| 10 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lie | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a big lie | to the teacher | tree rules |
Option 4
No, because PE doesn't really matter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 matter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 does | mark |
| 4 | PE | pe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 does | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 matter | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 does | advmod |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 matter | advmod |
| 8 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present · do-support | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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