Test 5 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret
In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever. What's unrealistic?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid · What happens: copy, get, feel, be · To what, where: homework, cartoon, gold star
This is test 5 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a kid copies homework, gets a gold star and feels great forever.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copies | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copies | nsubj |
| 7 | copies | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 copies | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gets | punct |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 copies | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 star | det |
| 12 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 star | compound |
| 13 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 feels | cc |
| 15 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 gets | conj |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 feels | xcomp |
| 17 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 16 great | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 copies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present | a kid | homework | a cartoon | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent homework=Theme in cartoon=Destination | |||
| 2 | get | present | a kid not said here | a gold star | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | feel | present | a kid not said here | great property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 unrealistic?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 unrealistic | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unrealistic | cop |
| 3 | unrealistic | unrealistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 unrealistic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | unrealistic property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Gold stars make every bit of the guilt disappear for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stars | compound |
| 2 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 guilt | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 guilt | det |
| 8 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bit | nmod |
| 9 | disappear | disappear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 good | case |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 disappear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Gold stars | every bit of the guilt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | disappear | infinitive | every bit of the guilt not said here | for good | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Teachers never notice any copying at all in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 notice | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 notice | advmod |
| 3 | notice | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 copying | det |
| 5 | copying | copying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 notice | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 notice | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 life | case |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 life | amod |
| 10 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 notice | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | present | Teachers | any copying | all | in real life | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer copying=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Praise for copied work usually doesn't feel real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 work | case |
| 3 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 work | amod |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Praise | nmod |
| 5 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 8 feel | advmod |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 feel | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 feel | advmod |
| 8 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | participle | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not feel | present · do-support | Praise for copied work | real, usually property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nothing; copying always feels great when you get a star
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 feels | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | copying | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 feels | csubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 copying | advmod |
| 5 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feels | xcomp |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 get | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 feels | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 star | det |
| 11 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | gerund | always property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | Nothing | great property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | get | present | you | a star | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer star=Stimulus |
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