Test 2 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff

«it was just a joke, reading the diary was harmless lol». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, joke · What happens: be, read · To what, where: joke, diary

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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 was just a joke, reading the diary was harmless lol».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 joke	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 joke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 joke	cop
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 joke	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 joke	det
6	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 harmless	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reading	punct
8	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 joke	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 diary	det
10	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reading	obj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 harmless	cop
12	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	lol	lol	INTJ	_	12 harmless	discourse
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 harmless	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 harmless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	it	a joke		tree rules
2	read in a quote	gerund		the diary		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Topic
3	is in a quote	past	a joke		harmless property	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

It's harmless as long as you only read the first few pages

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	3 harmless	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 harmless	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 read	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pages	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 pages	amod
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pages	amod
13	pages	page	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					harmless, long property	tree rules
2	read	past	you	the first few pages					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic

Option 2

It's fine because sisters aren't allowed to have secrets at all

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 allowed	mark
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 allowed	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 allowed	aux:pass
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 allowed	advmod
8	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fine	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 allowed	xcomp
11	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present				fine property	tree rules
2	not allow	present · passive		sisters			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	sisters not said here	secrets	all		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Patient

Option 3

Diaries are meant to be read out loud at tea, that's the point

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Diaries	diary	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 meant	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 meant	aux:pass
3	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 read	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 read	aux:pass
6	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 meant	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 read	compound:prt
8	loud	loud	ADV	_	6 read	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 tea	case
10	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 point	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 point	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 point	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 point	det
15	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present · passive		Diaries			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	read out	to-infinitive · passive			tea	loud property	vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: at tea=Value
3	is a	present	that	the point			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Snooping and sharing a secret can wreck trust for a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snooping	snoop	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 wreck	csubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 sharing	cc
3	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Snooping	conj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 secret	det
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sharing	obj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wreck	aux
7	wreck	wreck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wreck	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wreck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	snoop	gerund				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	share	gerund		a secret		tree rules
3	wreck	can	Snooping	trust	time	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Patient

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