Test 6 · ★★ · Hiding it from friends: being skint at school
«Everett owes money lol, he's a thief». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everett · What happens: owe, be · To what, where: money, thief
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: «Everett owes money lol, he's a thief».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 owes | punct |
| 2 | Everett | Everett | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 owes | nsubj |
| 3 | owes | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owes | obj |
| 5 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 owes | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 thief | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 thief | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 thief | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 thief | det |
| 10 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owes | parataxis |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 thief | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 owes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe in a quote | present | Everett | money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Everett | a thief | 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, but he should pay it from pocket money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pay | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 pay | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pay | aux |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 money | case |
| 9 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 money | compound | ||
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | should | he | it | pocket money | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 2
Yes, he stole $12 from the dinner lady
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 stole | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stole | nsubj |
| 4 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 4 stole | obj |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 $ | nummod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 lady | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lady | det |
| 9 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lady | compound |
| 10 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stole | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | he | from the dinner lady | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent $=Theme from lady=Source |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's his family's bill, not his fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bill | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bill | cop |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 family | nmod:poss |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bill | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 family | case |
| 6 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fault | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 fault | advmod |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 fault | nmod:poss |
| 10 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | his family's bill and his fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fault | his = he | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Yes, kids who owe money are always thieves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 thieves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 thieves | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 owe | nsubj |
| 5 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kids | acl:relcl |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 owe | obj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 thieves | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 thieves | advmod |
| 9 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present | kids | money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | kids | thieves | always property | tree rules |
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