Test 8 · What language is: sounds, words and rules everyone shares

Ollie's mate says "you got two voices, you're well fake." What's the wise reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, wise reply · What happens: say, get, be · To what, where: two voices · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 of lesson 1 «What language is: sounds, words and rules everyone shares» of the language 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: Ollie's mate says "you got two voices, you're well fake."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ollie	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 voices	nummod
9	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 got	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fake	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 fake	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fake	cop
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 fake	advmod
14	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 got	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ollie's mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	you	two voices		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	present	you		fake, well 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 the wise reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the wise reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It's fake only if you do it at school

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 fake	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fake	cop
3	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	3 fake	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 do	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fake	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 do	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					fake property	tree rules
2	do a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it		school			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

He's right, a real person talks exactly the same way to everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 talks	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talks	nsubj
8	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 way	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talks	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 everyone	case
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 talks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	talk	present	a real person	the same way				to everyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to everyone=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Changing style for the person and place is a skill, not fakeness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 skill	csubj
2	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 place	cc
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 skill	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 skill	det
10	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fakeness	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 fakeness	advmod
13	fakeness	fakeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	gerund		style				for the person and place	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent style=Theme for person=Co-Theme
2	is a	present	Changing	a skill and fakeness					tree rules

Option 4

Only actors are allowed two voices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 actors	advmod
2	actors	actor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 voices	nummod
6	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		actors					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal voice=Theme

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