Test 2 · Being lied to and how it feels Aisha: «you owe me a fiver». Friend: «I gave it back, don't you remember?» Aisha knows she didn't. What helps most?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I, Aisha · What happens: owe, give back, not remember, know, not do, help · To what, where: fiver, me, Friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Aisha: «you owe me a fiver».
punct punct nsubj parataxis iobj det obj punct punct root Aisha PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT you PRON owe VERB me PRON a DET fiver NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Aisha punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 owe punct 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 owe nsubj 5 owe owe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Aisha parataxis 6 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 owe iobj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 fiver det 8 fiver fiver NOUN Number=Sing 5 owe obj 9 » » PUNCT _ 5 owe punct 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Aisha punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 owe in a quote present you a fiver me vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal fiver=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: Friend: «I gave it back, don't you remember?»
obl:unmarked punct punct nsubj obj advmod punct aux advmod nsubj parataxis punct punct root Friend NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON gave VERB it PRON back ADV , PUNCT do AUX n't PART you PRON remember VERB ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 gave obl:unmarked 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Friend punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 gave punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 gave nsubj 5 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 gave obj 7 back back ADV _ 5 gave advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 remember punct 9 do do AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 remember aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 remember advmod 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 remember nsubj 12 remember remember VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 gave parataxis 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 12 remember punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 12 remember punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give back in a quote past I Friend vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 not remember in a quote infinitive · do-support you vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Aisha knows she didn't.
nsubj nsubj ccomp advmod punct root Aisha PROPN knows VERB she PRON did VERB n't PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing 2 knows nsubj 2 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 knows ccomp 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 did advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 knows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present Aisha vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 not do past Aisha vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What helps most?
nsubj advmod punct root What PRON helps VERB most ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 helps nsubj 2 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 most most ADV Degree=Sup 2 helps advmod 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 helps punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 Never speak to anyone again
advmod case obl advmod root Never ADV speak VERB to ADP anyone PRON again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Never never ADV PronType=Neg 2 speak advmod 2 speak speak VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 4 anyone case 4 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 speak obl 5 again again ADV _ 2 speak advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not speak speech: other imperative you not said here again to anyone vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent
Option 2 Pay the friend another fiver
det obj det obj root Pay VERB the DET friend NOUN another DET fiver NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pay pay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 friend det 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pay obj 4 another another DET PronType=Ind 5 fiver det 5 fiver fiver NOUN Number=Sing 1 Pay obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay imperative you not said here the friend vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient fiver=Asset
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Trust what she knows, tell a grown-up
obj nsubj acl:relcl punct parataxis det compound punct obj root Trust VERB what PRON she PRON knows VERB , PUNCT tell VERB a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Trust trust VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 what what PRON PronType=Int 4 knows obj 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 knows nsubj 4 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Trust acl:relcl 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 tell punct 6 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Trust parataxis 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 up det 8 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 10 up compound 9 - - PUNCT _ 10 up punct 10 up up NOUN Number=Sing 6 tell obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 trust imperative you not said here vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 know present she vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus 3 tell speech: assert infinitive a grown up vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
Option 4 Believe the friend, she must be right
det obj punct nsubj aux cop parataxis root Believe VERB the DET friend NOUN , PUNCT she PRON must AUX be AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Believe believe VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 friend det 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 1 Believe obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 right punct 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 right nsubj 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 right aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 right cop 8 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Believe parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 believe imperative you not said here the friend vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus 2 is must friend right property tree rules
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