Test 7 · ★★★ · I was wrong: changing your mind
"u said u'd bet ur life bulls hate red lol" What's the best way to own it?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, life bulls, red lol · What happens: say, bet, hate, be, own · To what, where: red lol, best way, lol · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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 | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 bet | nsubj |
| 5 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 bet | aux |
| 6 | bet | bet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bulls | nmod:poss |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bulls | compound |
| 9 | bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hate | nsubj |
| 10 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bet | ccomp |
| 11 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lol | amod |
| 12 | lol | lol | NOUN | _ | 10 hate | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 way | punct |
| 14 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 way | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 way | cop |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 way | det |
| 17 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 way | amod |
| 18 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lol | appos |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 own | mark |
| 20 | own | own | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 way | acl |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 own | obj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | u | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bet in a quote | would | u | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | hate in a quote | present | ur's life bulls | red lol | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lol=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | red lol | the best way | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | own | to-infinitive | ur's life bulls not said here | lol | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
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
I never said that, you're making it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 said | advmod |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 making | mark |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 that | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 making | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 making | aux |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 said | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 making | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 making | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not say speech: assert | past | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | make up | present · progressive | you | it | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |
Option 2
It's only true in Spain, not anywhere else
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 | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 true | advmod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Spain | case |
| 6 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 true | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 anywhere | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 anywhere | advmod |
| 9 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 true | advcl |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 anywhere | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | Spain | true property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, I was wrong; it's the movement
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 wrong | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wrong | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 movement | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 movement | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 movement | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 movement | det |
| 10 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wrong | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | I | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | the movement | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Bulls DO hate red, you're lying, look it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulls | bull | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | DO | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hate | aux |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hate | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lying | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 lying | nsubj |
| 7 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 lying | aux |
| 8 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 hate | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 look | punct |
| 10 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hate | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 look | obj |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 look | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present · do-support | Bulls | red | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lie | present · progressive | you | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | look up | infinitive | Bulls not said here | it | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Attribute |
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