Test 5 · Trusting again
Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!» Dad: «I can't yet.» What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, I · What happens: not believe, tell, go on · To what, where: me, TRUTH · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: Zoe: «why don't you believe me, I'm telling the TRUTH!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Zoe | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 believe | punct |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 believe | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 believe | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 believe | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 believe | nsubj |
| 8 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Zoe | parataxis |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 believe | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 telling | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 telling | nsubj |
| 12 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 telling | aux |
| 13 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 believe | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 TRUTH | det |
| 15 | TRUTH | TRUTH | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 telling | obj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 15 TRUTH | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe in a quote | present · do-support | you | me | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | present · progressive | I | the TRUTH | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
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: Dad: «I can't yet.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 yet | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 yet | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 yet | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 yet | advmod |
| 7 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 1 Dad | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 yet | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 yet | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Dad is just in a bad mood
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mood | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mood | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 mood | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 mood | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mood | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mood | amod |
| 7 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dad | a bad mood | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Earlier small lies used up his trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 small | advmod |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lies | amod |
| 3 | lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 lies | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 used | compound:prt |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trust | nmod:poss |
| 7 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use up | participle | small lies not said here | his trust | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | trust | his = he | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Zoe is still lying now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 lying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lying | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 lying | advmod |
| 4 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 lying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · progressive | Zoe | still; now | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Dad never believes anyone about anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 believes | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 believes | advmod |
| 3 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 believes | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 anything | case |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 anyone | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | present | Dad | anyone | about anything | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |
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