Test 5 · A stranger's story «I know your dad, Ben Lee, he sent me.» It's written on your bag. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Lee · What happens: know, send, write, be · To what, where: dad, me, It, bag
This is test 5 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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: «I know your dad, Ben Lee, he sent me.»
punct nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj punct compound appos punct nsubj obj punct punct root « PUNCT I PRON know VERB your PRON dad NOUN , PUNCT Ben PROPN Lee PROPN , PUNCT he PRON sent VERB me PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 know punct 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 know nsubj 3 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 sent parataxis 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 dad nmod:poss 5 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 know obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 Lee punct 7 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 8 Lee compound 8 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 5 dad appos 9 , , PUNCT _ 3 know punct 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 sent nsubj 11 sent send VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 12 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 11 sent obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 11 sent punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 11 sent punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know in a quote present I your dad vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus 2 send in a quote past Lee me vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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: It's written on your bag.
nsubj:pass aux:pass case nmod:poss obl punct root It PRON 's AUX written VERB on ADP your PRON bag NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 written nsubj:pass 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 written aux:pass 3 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 on on ADP _ 6 bag case 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 bag nmod:poss 6 bag bag NOUN Number=Sing 3 written obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 written punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present · passive It your bag vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on bag=Destination
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Knowing a name doesn't make him safe
csubj det obj aux advmod obj xcomp root Knowing VERB a DET name NOUN does AUX n't PART make VERB him PRON safe ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Knowing know VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 make csubj 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 name det 3 name name NOUN Number=Sing 1 Knowing obj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 make aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 make advmod 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 6 make xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know gerund a name vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus 2 not make present · do-support Knowing him = he safe property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Go if he says your dad's name twice, and your mum's too
The tree, 14 words mark nsubj advcl nmod:poss nmod:poss case obj advmod punct cc nmod:poss obl case advmod root Go VERB if SCONJ he PRON says VERB your PRON dad NOUN 's PART name NOUN twice ADV , PUNCT and CCONJ your PRON mum NOUN 's PART too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Go go VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 if if SCONJ _ 4 says mark 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Go advcl 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 dad nmod:poss 6 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 8 name nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 dad case 8 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 says obj 9 twice twice ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 says advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 mum punct 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 mum cc 12 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 mum nmod:poss 13 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Go obl 14 's 's PART _ 13 mum case 15 too too ADV _ 13 mum advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go imperative you not said here 's your mum vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen present he your dad's name twice property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic 3 name your dad nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Only real friends know names
advmod amod nsubj obj root Only ADV real ADJ friends NOUN know VERB names NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 friends advmod 2 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 3 friends amod 3 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 4 know nsubj 4 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 names name NOUN Number=Plur 4 know obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present real friends names vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
Option 4 He must be telling the truth
nsubj aux aux det obj root He PRON must AUX be AUX telling VERB the DET truth NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 telling nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 telling aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 telling aux 4 telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 truth det 6 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 4 telling obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert must · progressive He the truth vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient
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