Test 6 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van

What would happen if Ben's mum had just said «screens off at 8, you need sleep» from the start?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, you · What happens: happen, say, need · To what, where: screens, 8, sleep, start · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 of lesson 443 «Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 said	mark
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Ben	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 screens	punct
12	screens	screen	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 said	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 screens	compound:prt
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 8	case
15	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 said	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 need	punct
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 need	nsubj
18	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	parataxis
19	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 need	obj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 need	punct
21	from	from	ADP	_	23 start	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 start	det
23	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 need	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would				tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Ben's mum	screens	8	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent screen=Topic
3	need in a quote	present	you	sleep	the start	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

Ben would sleep less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sleep	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sleep	aux
3	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	would	Ben					less property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Ben's tablet would break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tablet	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ben	case
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 break	aux
5	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	would	Ben's tablet						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ben would know the real reason

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 know	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 know	aux
3	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reason	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reason	amod
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would	Ben	the real reason					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus

Option 4

Nothing could ever change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 change	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 change	advmod
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	could	Nothing				ever		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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