Test 1 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind

"I didn't want to say I was wrong cos everyone was watching" What's true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, everyone · What happens: not want, say, be, watch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 35 «I was wrong: changing your mind» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 want	advmod
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 say	mark
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 wrong	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	ccomp
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 watching	mark
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 watching	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 watching	aux
14	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 wrong	advcl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 true	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 true	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 true	cop
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 watching	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not want in a quote	past · do-support	I		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	say speech: assert not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	past	I	wrong property	tree rules
4	watch in a quote	past · progressive	everyone		tree rules
5	is	present		true 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.

The options

Option 1

Being wrong means you're not clever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wrong	cop
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	csubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 clever	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 clever	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 clever	advmod
7	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		wrong property	tree rules
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	you	clever property	tree rules

Option 2

Only babies feel embarrassed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 babies	advmod
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feel	nsubj
3	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	babies					embarrassed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Feeling embarrassed is normal, and it passes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 normal	csubj
2	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Feeling	xcomp
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	cop
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 passes	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 passes	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 passes	nsubj
8	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund		embarrassed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	Feeling	normal property	tree rules
3	pass	present	it		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

You should never admit it in front of people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 admit	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 admit	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 admit	advmod
4	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 admit	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 front	case
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 admit	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 people	case
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not admit speech: other	should	You	it		front of people			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location

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