Test 9 · ★ · «Free skins» and scams in games
Sam, sobbing: «I'm so thick, I fell for it». What's a true thing to tell him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, I · What happens: sob, be, fall, tell · To what, where: true thing, Sam · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 444 ««Free skins» and scams in games» 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: Sam, sobbing: «I'm so thick, I fell for it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sobbing | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sobbing | punct |
| 3 | sobbing | sob | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 thick | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 thick | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 thick | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 thick | cop |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 thick | advmod |
| 9 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sobbing | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 fell | nsubj |
| 12 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 thick | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fell | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 fell | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sobbing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | gerund | Sam | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fall in a quote | past | I | for it | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=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.
Sentence 2: What's a true thing to tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 tell | mark |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | iobj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a true thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | Sam | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Don't tell anyone, it's too embarrassing to talk about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 tell | advmod |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 tell | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 embarrassing | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 embarrassing | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 embarrassing | cop |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 embarrassing | advmod |
| 9 | embarrassing | embarrassing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tell | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 talk | mark |
| 11 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 embarrassing | xcomp |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | imperative · do-support | you not said here | anyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | embarrassing property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | talk about | to-infinitive | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
You'll never be able to play again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 able | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 able | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 able | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 able | cop |
| 5 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 play | mark |
| 7 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 able | xcomp |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 play | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | future | You | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | You not said here | again | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, only thick people get tricked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 thick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 thick | advmod |
| 4 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tricked | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 tricked | aux:pass |
| 7 | tricked | trick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | present · passive | thick people | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's not your fault — tricksters are clever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fault | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 fault | advmod |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 fault | nmod:poss |
| 5 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 tricksters | punct |
| 7 | tricksters | trickster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 clever | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 clever | cop |
| 9 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fault | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | your fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | tricksters | clever property | tree rules |
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