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Test 10 · ★★ · The check that settles it

In a cartoon, the detective just stares at a kid and «knows» he's lying. What works better in real life?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: detective · What happens: stare, know, lie, work · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 451 «The check that settles it» 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: In a cartoon, the detective just stares at a kid and «knows» he's lying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stares	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 detective	det
6	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stares	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stares	advmod
8	stares	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 kid	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kid	det
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stares	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 knows	cc
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
14	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stares	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 lying	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 lying	aux
18	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 knows	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stares	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	present	the detective					at a kid; in a cartoon	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme
2	know in a quote	present	the detective not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	lie	present · progressive	detective						vn assuming_position-50 «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: What works better in real life?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 works	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 life	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 life	amod
6	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present						in real life; well property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Staring hard at people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Staring	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Staring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	gerund						at people; hard property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at people=Theme

Option 2

Shouting until they confess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 confess	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confess	nsubj
4	confess	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Shouting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	confess	present	they						vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Checking facts and records

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Checking	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 records	cc
4	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 facts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	gerund		facts and records					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme

Option 4

Guessing from their face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 face	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 face	nmod:poss
4	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Guessing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	gerund				their face			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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