Test 11 · Being lied to and how it feels
Liam's class: «what, it's your birthday tomorrow, innit?» Then cake at 3 pm! Liam: «You lot are horrible.» Is he really cross?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class, You, Liam · What happens: be, innit, lot · To what, where: birthday tomorrow
This is test 11 of lesson 452 «Being lied to and how it feels» 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: Liam's class: «what, it's your birthday tomorrow, innit?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 class | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Liam | case |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 innit | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 what | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 14 innit | nsubj:outer |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 tomorrow | punct |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 tomorrow | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 tomorrow | cop |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 tomorrow | nmod:poss |
| 11 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tomorrow | compound |
| 12 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 what | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 14 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | class | your birthday tomorrow | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit in a quote | infinitive | Liam's class | tree rules |
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: Then cake at 3 pm!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 cake | advmod |
| 2 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 3 | case |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 cake | nmod |
| 5 | pm | p.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 2 cake | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Liam: «You lot are horrible.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 horrible | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 lot | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 lot | punct |
| 4 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 lot | nsubj |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Liam | appos |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 horrible | cop |
| 7 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 horrible | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 horrible | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lot in a quote | You | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Liam | horrible property | tree rules |
Sentence 4: Is he really cross?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 cross | advmod |
| 4 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cross | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Liam | cross property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, he'll never forgive them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 forgive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgive | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 forgive | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 forgive | advmod |
| 6 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | future | he | them = they | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, he didn't notice the joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 notice | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 notice | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 notice | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 notice | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 notice | advmod |
| 6 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 joke | det |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 notice | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | past · do-support | he | the joke | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, he's relieved and happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 relieved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 relieved | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 relieved | cop |
| 5 | relieved | relieved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 happy | cc |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 relieved | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | relieved property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, he hates cake and surprises
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 hates | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hates | nsubj |
| 4 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hates | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 surprises | cc |
| 7 | surprises | surprise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cake | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | he | cake and surprises | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cake=Stimulus |
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