Test 6 · Trusting again
Sam, after the scam: «I'm never trusting anyone online again, ever». What's a better plan?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: not trust, be · To what, where: anyone, better plan
This is test 6 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: Sam, after the scam: «I'm never trusting anyone online again, ever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 scam | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 scam | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 scam | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 scam | det |
| 5 | scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 scam | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 trusting | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 trusting | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 trusting | aux |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 trusting | advmod |
| 11 | trusting | trust | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 scam | parataxis |
| 12 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 trusting | obj |
| 13 | online | online | ADV | _ | 12 anyone | advmod |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 11 trusting | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ever | punct |
| 16 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 trusting | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 trusting | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 scam | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust in a quote | present · progressive | I | anyone | again; ever | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=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 a better plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plan | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a better plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Trust everyone so it's fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Trust | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 fair | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 fair | expl |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fair | cop |
| 6 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Trust | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
Option 2
Stay off the internet for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 internet | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 internet | det |
| 4 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | off the internet; for life | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Learn the signs and trust carefully
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 signs | det |
| 3 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Learn | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 trust | cc |
| 5 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signs | conj |
| 6 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Learn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | imperative | you not said here | the signs and trust | carefully property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Topic |
Option 4
Only trust people with cool names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 trust | advmod |
| 2 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 trust | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 names | case |
| 5 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 names | amod |
| 6 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 trust | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | imperative | you not said here | people | with cool names | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Recipient with name=Theme |
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