Test 10 · Trusting again
In a film, the kid lies once, says sorry once, and everyone trusts him fully that day. What's more true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, everyone · What happens: lie, say, trust, be · To what, where: film, kid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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 film, the kid lies once, says sorry once, and everyone trusts him fully that day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lies | nsubj |
| 7 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 film | acl:relcl |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 lies | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 says | xcomp |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 says | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 trusts | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 trusts | cc |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 trusts | nsubj |
| 16 | trusts | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 says | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 trusts | obj |
| 18 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 16 trusts | advmod |
| 19 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 day | det |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 trusts | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the kid | a film not said here | once property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location film=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | present | a film | once, sorry property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in film=Manner | ||||
| 3 | trust | present | everyone | kid | day | fully property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 more true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 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 · ← Mova's choice
Trust can never come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 come | advmod |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come back | can | Trust | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Trust always comes back at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 comes | advmod |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 comes | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present | Trust | always property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Trust usually grows back slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grows | nsubj |
| 2 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advmod |
| 3 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 3 grows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow back | present | Trust | slowly, usually property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
One sorry fixes everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 sorry | nummod |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fixes | nsubj |
| 3 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 fixes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | One sorry | everything | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient |
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