Test 4 · ★★ · The secret that got told
«it's my sister, family don't count, innit». Is telling family OK?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, sister · What happens: be, not count, innit, tell · To what, where: sister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 476 «The secret that got told» 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: «it's my sister, family don't count, innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sister | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sister | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sister | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 count | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 family | punct |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sister | conj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 count | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 count | advmod |
| 10 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 count | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | my sister and family | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | my sister and family | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | my sister and family not said here | 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: Is telling family OK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 telling | aux |
| 2 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 OK | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 telling | xcomp |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 telling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · progressive | ok property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it can still spread back to your friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 spread | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 spread | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 spread | aux |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 spread | advmod |
| 6 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 spread | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 friend | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 friend | nmod:poss |
| 10 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread back | can | it | still | to your friend | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, sisters are like diaries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 diaries | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 diaries | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 diaries | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 diaries | case |
| 6 | diaries | diary | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | sisters | like diaries | tree rules |
Option 3
No, only tell your cousins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 cousins | nmod:poss |
| 6 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | your cousins | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, family can never pass things on to anyone else
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 pass | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pass | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 pass | advmod |
| 6 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pass | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pass | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 anyone | case |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 pass | obl |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 anyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pass on | can | family | things | anyone | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to anyone=Destination |
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