Test 2 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind
Dad reads you a study showing sugar doesn't make kids hyper. What's the honest thing to say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, study, honest thing · What happens: read, show, not make, be, say · To what, where: you, sugar, kids · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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
Sentence 1: Dad reads you a study showing sugar doesn't make kids hyper.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reads | nsubj |
| 2 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 reads | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 study | det |
| 5 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 make | nsubj |
| 6 | showing | show | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 study | acl |
| 7 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 showing | obj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 make | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 make | advmod |
| 10 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 reads | parataxis |
| 11 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 make | obj |
| 12 | hyper | hyper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 make | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reads | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | Dad | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | ||||
| 2 | show | gerund | a study not said here | sugar | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sugar=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | not make | present · do-support | a study | kids | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kid=Product |
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 honest thing to say?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 say | mark |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | the honest thing not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Sugar works differently for me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 2 works | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 me | case |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Sugar | for me; differently property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for i=Beneficiary |
Option 2
The study must be wrong, because I feel hyper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 study | det |
| 2 | study | study | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 feel | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 feel | mark |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 feel | nsubj |
| 9 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | advcl |
| 10 | hyper | hyper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | the study | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | present | I | hyper property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Then I'll eat more sugar to check
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 eat | advmod |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sugar | amod |
| 6 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 check | mark |
| 8 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 eat | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | future | I | more sugar | then | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient | |||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
OK, maybe I'm just excited, not sugared up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OK | ok | INTJ | _ | 7 excited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 OK | punct |
| 3 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 7 excited | advmod |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 excited | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 excited | cop |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 excited | advmod |
| 7 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sugared | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 sugared | advmod |
| 10 | sugared | sugar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 excited | conj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 sugared | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | excited, maybe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not sugar up | participle | I not said here | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
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