Test 4 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret Mia says, "I'm a bully. I'm just a bad person." Which thought is more useful?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia, I, thought · What happens: say, be · To what, where: bully, bad person · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Mia says, "I'm a bully.
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop det ccomp punct root Mia PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX a DET bully NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 bully punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 bully punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 bully nsubj 6 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bully cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 bully det 8 bully bully NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Mia vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present Mia a bully 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: I'm just a bad person."
nsubj cop advmod det amod punct punct root I PRON 'm AUX just ADV a DET bad ADJ person NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 6 person nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 person cop 3 just just ADV _ 6 person advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 person det 5 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 6 person amod 6 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 person punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 6 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present I a bad person tree rules
Sentence 3: Which thought is more useful?
det nsubj cop advmod punct root Which DET thought NOUN is AUX more ADV useful ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which DET PronType=Int 2 thought det 2 thought thought NOUN Number=Sing 5 useful nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 useful cop 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 useful advmod 5 useful useful ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 useful punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present which thought useful property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer I did a mean thing; saying sorry and changing is what matters
nsubj det amod obj punct advcl xcomp cc conj cop parataxis acl:relcl root I PRON did VERB a DET mean ADJ thing NOUN ; PUNCT saying VERB sorry ADJ and CCONJ changing VERB is AUX what PRON matters VERB 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 did nsubj 2 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 thing det 4 mean mean ADJ Degree=Pos 5 thing amod 5 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 did obj 6 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 saying punct 7 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 did advcl 8 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 7 saying xcomp 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 changing cc 10 changing change VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 saying conj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 what cop 12 what what PRON PronType=Int 2 did parataxis 13 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 what acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do past I a mean thing vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality 2 say speech: apologize gerund I not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 change gerund I not said here vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is a present tree rules 5 matter present vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 Everyone says stuff, so it doesn't count
nsubj obj punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis root Everyone PRON says VERB stuff NOUN , PUNCT so ADV it PRON does AUX n't PART count VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 stuff stuff NOUN Number=Sing 2 says obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 count punct 5 so so ADV _ 9 count advmod 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 count nsubj 7 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 count aux 8 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 9 count advmod 9 count count VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 says parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Everyone stuff vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic 2 not count present · do-support stuff vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 It was the girl's fault for finding out
nsubj cop det nmod:poss case mark acl compound:prt root It PRON was AUX the DET girl NOUN 's PART fault NOUN for SCONJ finding VERB out ADP 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 6 fault nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 fault cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 girl det 4 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 6 fault nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 girl case 6 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for SCONJ _ 8 finding mark 8 finding find VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 fault acl 9 out out ADP _ 8 finding compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past It the girl's fault tree rules 2 find out gerund the girl's fault not said here vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Option 4 I'm bad, so there is no point in trying to change anything now
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop punct advmod expl parataxis det nsubj mark acl mark xcomp obj advmod root I PRON 'm AUX bad ADJ , PUNCT so ADV there PRON is VERB no DET point NOUN in SCONJ trying VERB to PART change VERB anything PRON now ADV 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 bad nsubj 2 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bad cop 3 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 is punct 5 so so ADV _ 7 is advmod 6 there there PRON PronType=Dem 7 is expl 7 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bad parataxis 8 no no DET PronType=Neg 9 point det 9 point point NOUN Number=Sing 7 is nsubj 10 in in SCONJ _ 11 trying mark 11 trying try VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 point acl 12 to to PART _ 13 change mark 13 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 trying xcomp 14 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 13 change obj 15 now now ADV PronType=Dem 13 change advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present I bad property tree rules 2 be present no point there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 try gerund no point not said here vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality 4 change not said to happen to-infinitive no point not said here anything now vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient
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