Test 4 · Being lied to and how it feels
Noah, gutted: «I'm so stupid for lending it.» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Noah, I · What happens: gut, be, lend · To what, where: it
This is test 4 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: Noah, gutted: «I'm so stupid for lending it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gutted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Noah | punct |
| 3 | gutted | gut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 stupid | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 stupid | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 stupid | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 stupid | cop |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 stupid | advmod |
| 9 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gutted | parataxis |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 lending | mark |
| 11 | lending | lend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 stupid | advcl |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 lending | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gutted | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 gutted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past | Noah | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | stupid property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lend in a quote | gerund | I not said here | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: What's true?
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
He should never lend again, ever, because people always lie
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 lend | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lend | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 lend | advmod |
| 4 | lend | lend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 lend | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ever | punct |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 lend | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lie | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 lie | mark |
| 10 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lie | nsubj |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 lie | advmod |
| 12 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lend | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not lend | should | He | again; ever | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | lie | present | people | always property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It was his fault for having cards
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 | 4 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 fault | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fault | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 having | mark |
| 6 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 fault | acl |
| 7 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | his fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | his fault not said here | cards | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, he is stupid for lending
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 stupid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stupid | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stupid | cop |
| 5 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 lending | case |
| 7 | lending | lending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stupid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | for lending; stupid property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Trusting isn't stupid; the liar should feel ashamed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trusting | trusting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stupid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stupid | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 stupid | advmod |
| 4 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 liar | det |
| 7 | liar | liar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feel | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 feel | aux |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stupid | parataxis |
| 10 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Trusting | stupid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | should | the liar | ashamed property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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