Test 4 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school
In a film, the poor kid lies about having a mansion and everyone loves him when the truth comes out. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: poor kid, everyone, truth · What happens: lie, have, love, come out, be · To what, where: film, mansion, kid
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: In a film, the poor kid lies about having a mansion and everyone loves him when the truth comes out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lies | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kid | amod |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lies | nsubj |
| 8 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 10 having | mark |
| 10 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 lies | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mansion | det |
| 12 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 having | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 loves | cc |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 loves | nsubj |
| 15 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lies | conj |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 loves | obj |
| 17 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 20 comes | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 truth | det |
| 19 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 comes | nsubj |
| 20 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 loves | advcl |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 comes | compound:prt |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 lies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | the poor kid | a film | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in film=Location | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | the poor kid not said here | a mansion | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mansion=Patient | ||||
| 3 | love | present | everyone | kid | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | come out | present | the truth | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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 more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The truth never comes out about any lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 truth | det |
| 2 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 comes | advmod |
| 4 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 comes | compound:prt |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 lie | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 lie | det |
| 8 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come out | present | the truth | about any lie | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Everyone loves being lied to by friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 lied | aux:pass |
| 4 | lied | lie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 loves | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 lied | obl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 friends | case |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Everyone | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lie not said to happen | gerund · passive | friends | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Lies get harder, and friends like you for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lies | lie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 friends | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 friends | cc |
| 6 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | obl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 friends | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Lies | friends like you | for you; hard property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary |
Option 4
A mansion lie always makes more friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lie | det |
| 2 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lie | compound |
| 3 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 makes | advmod |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 friends | amod |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a mansion lie | more friends | always property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |
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