Test 4 · Trusting again Da: «I had one yesterday, son, I'm sorry.» Oisin's mate: «so he broke his promise, he's a liar». What's wiser?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Da, I · What happens: have, be, break, promise · To what, where: promise, liar
This is test 4 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: Da: «I had one yesterday, son, I'm sorry.»
nsubj punct punct nsubj nummod obj punct conj punct nsubj cop obl punct punct root Da PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON had VERB one NUM yesterday NOUN , PUNCT son NOUN , PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX sorry ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Da Da PROPN Number=Sing 5 had nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Da punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 5 had punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 had nsubj 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 yesterday nummod 7 yesterday yesterday NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 son punct 9 son son NOUN Number=Sing 7 yesterday conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 sorry punct 11 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 sorry nsubj 12 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 sorry cop 13 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 had obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 13 sorry punct 15 » » PUNCT _ 5 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote past Da yesterday vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present I sorry property 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: Oisin's mate: «so he broke his promise, he's a liar».
nmod:poss case appos punct punct advmod nsubj nmod:poss obj punct nsubj cop det appos punct punct root Oisin PROPN 's PART mate NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT so ADV he PRON broke VERB his PRON promise NOUN , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX a DET liar NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Oisin Oisin PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Oisin case 3 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 8 broke appos 4 : : PUNCT _ 3 mate punct 5 « « PUNCT _ 8 broke punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 broke advmod 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 broke nsubj 8 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 promise nmod:poss 10 promise promise NOUN Number=Sing 8 broke obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 liar punct 12 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 liar nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 liar cop 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 liar det 15 liar liar NOUN Number=Sing 10 promise appos 16 » » PUNCT _ 15 liar punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 8 broke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break in a quote past Da Da's promise vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient 2 is a in a quote present Da a liar tree rules 3 promise in a quote Da nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 3: What's wiser?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX wiser ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wiser nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wiser cop 3 wiser wise ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wiser punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present wise property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer He told the truth when it was hard, so he's easier to trust
The tree, 14 words nsubj det obj advmod expl cop advcl punct advmod nsubj cop conj mark xcomp root He PRON told VERB the DET truth NOUN when ADV it PRON was AUX hard ADJ , PUNCT so ADV he PRON 's AUX easier ADJ to PART trust VERB 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 2 told nsubj 2 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 2 told obj 5 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 hard advmod 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 hard expl 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 hard cop 8 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 2 told advcl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 easier punct 10 so so ADV _ 13 easier advmod 11 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 easier nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 easier cop 13 easier easy ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 told conj 14 to to PART _ 15 trust mark 15 trust trust VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 easier xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert past He the truth vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient 2 is past He not said here hard property tree rules 3 is present he easy property tree rules 4 trust to-infinitive he not said here vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Promises don't matter at all
nsubj aux advmod case obl root Promises NOUN do AUX n't PART matter VERB at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Promises promise NOUN Number=Plur 4 matter nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 matter advmod 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 all case 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 matter obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support Promises all vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 He should have hidden it better
nsubj aux aux obj xcomp root He PRON should AUX have AUX hidden VERB it PRON better ADJ 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 hidden nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 hidden aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 hidden aux 4 hidden hide VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 hidden obj 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 hidden xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide should · perfect He it good property vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice He broke a promise, so you can never trust a word he says
nsubj det obj punct advmod nsubj aux advmod conj det obj nsubj acl:relcl root He PRON broke VERB a DET promise NOUN , PUNCT so ADV you PRON can AUX never ADV trust VERB a DET word NOUN he PRON says VERB 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 2 broke nsubj 2 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 promise det 4 promise promise NOUN Number=Sing 2 broke obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 trust punct 6 so so ADV _ 10 trust advmod 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 trust nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 trust aux 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 10 trust advmod 10 trust trust VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 broke conj 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 word det 12 word word NOUN Number=Sing 10 trust obj 13 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 says nsubj 14 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 word acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break past He a promise vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient 2 not trust can you a word vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme 3 say speech: assert present he a word not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
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