Test 4 · ★★★ · Too many details, too few Ava's cousin's bear story has smells, sounds and her dad yelling in his pants. Your mate says «too many details = lie». What's smarter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bear story, dad, mate, many details · What happens: have, yell, say, lie, be · To what, where: smells, pants, many details · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 450 «Too many details, too few» 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: Ava's cousin's bear story has smells, sounds and her dad yelling in his pants.
nmod:poss case nmod:poss case compound nsubj obj punct conj cc nmod:poss conj acl case nmod:poss obl punct root Ava PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN 's PART bear NOUN story NOUN has VERB smells NOUN , PUNCT sounds NOUN and CCONJ her PRON dad NOUN yelling VERB in ADP his PRON pants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ava Ava PROPN Number=Sing 3 cousin nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ava case 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 6 story nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 cousin case 5 bear bear NOUN Number=Sing 6 story compound 6 story story NOUN Number=Sing 7 has nsubj 7 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 smells smell NOUN Number=Plur 7 has obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 sounds punct 10 sounds sound NOUN Number=Plur 8 smells conj 11 and and CCONJ _ 13 dad cc 12 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 dad nmod:poss 13 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 8 smells conj 14 yelling yell VERB VerbForm=Ger 13 dad acl 15 in in ADP _ 17 pants case 16 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 pants nmod:poss 17 pants pants NOUN Number=Ptan 14 yelling obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present Ava's cousin's bear story smells and sounds and story's dad vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smell=Patient 2 yell speech: express gerund story's dad not said here Ava's pants vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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: Your mate says «too many details = lie».
nmod:poss nsubj punct advmod amod obj punct acl punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN says VERB « PUNCT too ADV many ADJ details NOUN = SYM lie VERB » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 « « PUNCT _ 7 details punct 5 too too ADV _ 6 many advmod 6 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 7 details amod 7 details detail NOUN Number=Plur 3 says obj 8 = = SYM _ 9 lie punct 9 lie lie VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 details acl 10 » » PUNCT _ 9 lie punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your mate many details vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent detail=Topic 2 lie in a quote infinitive many details not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's smarter?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX smarter ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 smarter nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 smarter cop 3 smarter smart ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 smarter punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present smart property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Only short stories are true
advmod amod nsubj cop root Only ADV short ADJ stories NOUN are AUX true ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 stories advmod 2 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stories amod 3 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 5 true nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 true cop 5 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present short stories true property tree rules
Option 2 Bears don't make sounds
nsubj aux advmod obj root Bears NOUN do AUX n't PART make VERB sounds NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bears bear NOUN Number=Plur 4 make nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 make aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 make advmod 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 sounds sound NOUN Number=Plur 4 make obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not make present · do-support Bears sounds vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Sense details often come from real memories
compound nsubj advmod case amod obl root Sense NOUN details NOUN often ADV come VERB from ADP real ADJ memories NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sense sense NOUN Number=Sing 2 details compound 2 details detail NOUN Number=Plur 4 come nsubj 3 often often ADV _ 4 come advmod 4 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 from from ADP _ 7 memories case 6 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 7 memories amod 7 memories memory NOUN Number=Plur 4 come obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present Sense details real memories often property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from memory=Initial_Location
Option 4 Every detailed story is a lie, however small the details
det amod nsubj cop det punct advmod amod det obl root Every DET detailed ADJ story NOUN is AUX a DET lie NOUN , PUNCT however ADV small ADJ the DET details NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Every every DET PronType=Tot 3 story det 2 detailed detailed ADJ Degree=Pos 3 story amod 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 lie nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 lie cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 lie det 6 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 details punct 8 however however ADV _ 9 small advmod 9 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 11 details amod 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 details det 11 details detail NOUN Number=Plur 6 lie obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present every detailed story a lie the small details obl tree rules
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