Test 10 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

Isla thinks, "I laughed, so I'm as bad as the bullies forever." What's a fairer thought?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Isla · What happens: think, laugh, be · To what, where: fairer thought · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 15 «The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret» of the reflection 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: Isla thinks, "I laughed, so I'm as bad as the bullies forever."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 laughed	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 laughed	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 laughed	nsubj
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bad	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 bad	advmod
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 bad	nsubj
10	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 bad	cop
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 bad	advmod
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 laughed	conj
13	as	as	ADP	_	15 bullies	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bullies	det
15	bullies	bully	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bad	obl
16	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 laughed	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Isla		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	laugh in a quote	past	Isla	forever property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	Isla	as the bullies; bad 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.

Sentence 2: What's a fairer thought?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thought	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thought	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thought	det
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 thought	amod
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a fairer thought					tree rules

The options

Option 1

I'm exactly as bad as them now, so nothing I do can ever change it

The tree, 16 words

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	5 bad	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 bad	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 bad	advmod
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bad	obl
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 bad	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 change	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	16 change	advmod
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 change	nsubj
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 nothing	acl:relcl
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 change	aux
15	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 change	advmod
16	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bad	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	I		now	as them = they; bad, exactly property	tree rules
2	do	present	I				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	change	can	nothing	it	ever		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

I laughed out of fear; I can say sorry and stand up next time

The tree, 14 words

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	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 fear	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 fear	case
5	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 say	aux
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 laughed	parataxis
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stand	cc
12	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 stand	compound:prt
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stand	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	I	fear			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: apologize	can	I			sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	stand up	infinitive	I not said here		time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It doesn't matter because I didn't start it

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 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 start	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 start	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 start	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 start	advmod
9	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 matter	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 start	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	not start	past · do-support	I	it					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

My friend should have laughed too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughed	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 laughed	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 laughed	aux
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	5 laughed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	should · perfect	My friend						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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