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Test 11 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school

Sami thinks: if I tell the teacher we've no computer, I'm telling all Dad's business. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sami, I · What happens: think, tell, be · To what, where: teacher, business · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 489 «Hiding it from friends: being skint at school» 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: Sami thinks: if I tell the teacher we've no computer, I'm telling all Dad's business.

nsubjpunctmarknsubjccompdetiobjnsubjccompdetobjpunctnsubjauxadvcldetnmod:posscaseobjpunctrootSamiPROPNthinksVERB:PUNCTifSCONJIPRONtellVERBtheDETteacherNOUNwePRON'veAUXnoDETcomputerNOUN,PUNCTIPRON'mAUXtellingVERBallDETDadPROPN'sPARTbusinessNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamiSamiPROPNNumber=Sing2 thinksnsubj
2thinksthinkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_6 tellpunct
4ififSCONJ_6 tellmark
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 tellnsubj
6telltellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 thinksccomp
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 teacherdet
8teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing6 telliobj
9wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs10 'vensubj
10'vehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 tellccomp
11nonoDETPronType=Neg12 computerdet
12computercomputerNOUNNumber=Sing10 'veobj
13,,PUNCT_16 tellingpunct
14IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 tellingnsubj
15'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 tellingaux
16tellingtellVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 telladvcl
17allallDETPronType=Tot18 Daddet
18DadDadPROPNNumber=Sing20 businessnmod:poss
19's'sPART_18 Dadcase
20businessbusinessNOUNNumber=Sing16 tellingobj
21..PUNCT_2 thinkspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1think speech: otherpresentSamivn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happenpresentIthe teachervn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
3tell speech: assertpresent · progressiveIall Dad's businessvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent business=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: Is he right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXhePRONrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSamiright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, so he should lie about it

discoursepunctadvmodnsubjauxcaseoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTsoADVhePRONshouldAUXlieVERBaboutADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 liediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sosoADV_6 lieadvmod
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 liensubj
5shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 lieaux
6lielieVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7aboutaboutADP_8 itcase
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 lieobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lieshouldheabout itvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, he can share just what he needs

discoursepunctnsubjauxadvmodobjnsubjccomprootNoINTJ,PUNCThePRONcanAUXshareVERBjustADVwhatPRONhePRONneedsVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 sharediscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 sharensubj
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 shareaux
5shareshareVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6justjustADV_7 whatadvmod
7whatwhatPRONPronType=Int9 needsobj
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 needsnsubj
9needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 shareccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sharecanhetree rules
2needpresenthevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 3

Yes, so he should say nothing at all

discoursepunctadvmodnsubjauxobjcasenmodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTsoADVhePRONshouldAUXsayVERBnothingPRONatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 saydiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3sosoADV_6 sayadvmod
4hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 saynsubj
5shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin6 sayaux
6saysayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 sayobj
8atatADP_9 allcase
9allallDETPronType=Tot7 nothingnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertshouldhenothingallvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4

No, he should tell her everything

discoursepunctnsubjauxnmod:possobjrootNoINTJ,PUNCThePRONshouldAUXtellVERBherPRONeverythingPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg5 telldiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 tellnsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 tellaux
5telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 everythingnmod:poss
7everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot5 tellobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertshouldheeverythingvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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