Test 6 · School legends
Mason got 100% and is scared the teacher will think he cheated. What is most likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mason, teacher · What happens: get, be, think, cheat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 24 «School legends» of the myths 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: Mason got 100% and is scared the teacher will think he cheated.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason | Mason | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 % | nummod |
| 4 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 scared | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scared | cop |
| 7 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 teacher | det |
| 9 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 think | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 think | aux |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 scared | ccomp |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cheated | nsubj |
| 13 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 think | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Mason | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer %=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Mason not said here | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | future | the teacher | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | cheat | past | teacher | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 is most likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The teacher will be pleased
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pleased | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pleased | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pleased | cop |
| 5 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | the teacher | pleased property | tree rules |
Option 2
The teacher will give him 0%
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 % | nummod |
| 7 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future | the teacher | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient %=Theme |
Option 3
The teacher will call his parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 call | aux |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | future | the teacher | teacher's parents | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
Option 4
The teacher will tear up the test
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tear | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tear | aux |
| 4 | tear | tear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 tear | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 test | det |
| 7 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tear up | future | the teacher | the test | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location test=Theme |
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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