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Test 6 · ★ · Growing, skin, hair and food

You laughed at Arjun's carrot claim, then found out it's real. What's the best thing to say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, claim, Arjun, best thing · What happens: laugh, find out, be, claim, say · To what, where: carrot claim · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 6 «Growing, skin, hair and food» 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: You laughed at Arjun's carrot claim, then found out it's real.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 claim	case
4	Arjun	Arjun	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 claim	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Arjun	case
6	carrot	carrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 claim	compound
7	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 found	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 found	advmod
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 found	compound:prt
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 real	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 real	cop
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 found	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	You			Arjun's carrot claim			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find out	past	You not said here				then		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	claim					real property	tree rules
4	claim		Arjun						nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=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's the best 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	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	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 best thing						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	the best thing not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Say nothing and hope he forgets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Say	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hope	cc
4	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forgets	nsubj
6	forgets	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	hope	present	you not said here						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	forget	present	he						tree rules

Option 2

"Still a myth, I don't care what the experiment says, I'm right."

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Still	punct
2	Still	still	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 myth	det
4	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Still	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 care	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 care	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 care	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 care	advmod
9	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Still	conj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 says	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 experiment	det
12	experiment	experiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 care	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 right	nsubj
16	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Still	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Still	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Still	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	still in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a myth					vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myth=Patient
2	not care in a quote	present · do-support	I						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the experiment						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
4	is in a quote	present	I					right property	tree rules

Option 3

"It only works in cartoons."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 works	punct
2	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 works	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 works	advmod
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 cartoons	case
6	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 works	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 works	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work in a quote	present	It					in cartoons	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"I thought it was a myth, but you're right, you win!"

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 myth	expl
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 myth	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 myth	det
7	myth	myth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 right	cc
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 right	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thought	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 win	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 win	nsubj
15	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	parataxis
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	past	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	past		a myth					tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	you					right property	tree rules
4	win in a quote	present	you						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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