Test 8 · Grown-ups' little lies: the ice-cream van «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad. Ollie: «it DID tho». What would have helped Ollie most?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: jab, Dad, Ollie · What happens: not hurt, say, do, help · To what, where: bit, tho, Ollie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 Sentence 1: «jab won't hurt a bit, promise» says Dad.
punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp det obl punct conj punct nsubj punct root « PUNCT jab NOUN wo AUX n't PART hurt VERB a DET bit NOUN , PUNCT promise NOUN » PUNCT says VERB Dad PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 hurt punct 2 jab jab NOUN Number=Sing 5 hurt nsubj 3 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 hurt aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 hurt advmod 5 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 says ccomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 bit det 7 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 5 hurt obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 promise punct 9 promise promise NOUN Number=Sing 7 bit conj 10 » » PUNCT _ 5 hurt punct 11 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 11 says nsubj 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not hurt in a quote future jab a bit and promise vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer 2 say speech: assert present Dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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: Ollie: «it DID tho».
nsubj punct punct nsubj obj punct punct root Ollie PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT it PRON DID VERB tho PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN Number=Sing 5 DID nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Ollie punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 DID punct 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 DID nsubj 5 DID do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 tho tho PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 DID obj 7 » » PUNCT _ 5 DID punct 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 DID punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote past Ollie tho vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tho=Eventuality
Sentence 3: What would have helped Ollie most?
obj aux aux obj obl:agent punct root What PRON would AUX have AUX helped VERB Ollie PROPN most ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 helped obj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 helped aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 helped aux 4 helped help VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 Ollie Ollie PROPN Number=Sing 4 helped obj 6 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 4 helped obl:agent 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 helped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help would · perfect Ollie tree rules
The options Option 1 A bigger promise that it won't hurt
det amod mark nsubj aux advmod acl root A DET bigger ADJ promise NOUN that SCONJ it PRON wo AUX n't PART hurt VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 promise det 2 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 promise amod 3 promise promise NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 that that SCONJ _ 8 hurt mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 hurt nsubj 6 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 hurt aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 hurt advmod 8 hurt hurt VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 promise acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not hurt future promise a bigger promise not said here vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
Option 2 Not being told anything at all
advmod aux:pass obj case obl root Not PART being AUX told VERB anything PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 told advmod 2 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 told aux:pass 3 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 told obj 5 at at ADP _ 6 all case 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 3 told obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert gerund · passive anything all vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: anything=Recipient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice A trick to make him look away
det mark acl obj xcomp advmod root A DET trick NOUN to PART make VERB him PRON look VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 trick det 2 trick trick NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 to to PART _ 4 make mark 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 trick acl 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 make obj 6 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 make xcomp 7 away away ADV _ 6 look advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make to-infinitive him = he tree rules 2 look away infinitive him = he not said here away property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer An honest warning that it stings a little
det amod nsubj case nmod det obj root An DET honest ADJ warning NOUN that ADP it PRON stings VERB a DET little ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 warning det 2 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 3 warning amod 3 warning warning NOUN Number=Sing 6 stings nsubj 4 that that ADP _ 5 it case 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 warning nmod 6 stings sting VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 little det 8 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 stings obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sting present a honest warning that it a little vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus little=Experiencer
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