Test 6 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret

Ava's gran, Scottish: "Ach, hen, a broken vase is nae bother, it's the hidin' that's the trouble." ("Hen" means dear; "nae" means no.) What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: broken vase, vase, that, Hen, nae · What happens: break, be, mean · To what, where: nae bother, hidin, trouble, no. · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Ava's gran, Scottish: "Ach, hen, a broken vase is nae bother, it's the hidin' that's the trouble."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gran	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ava	case
3	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Scottish	punct
5	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gran	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Ach	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Ach	punct
8	Ach	ach	INTJ	_	3 gran	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hen	punct
10	hen	hen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Ach	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bother	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 vase	det
13	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 vase	amod
14	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 bother	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 bother	cop
16	nae	nae	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 bother	amod
17	bother	bother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gran	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 hidin	punct
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 hidin	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 hidin	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 hidin	det
22	hidin	hidin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gran	conj
23	'	'	PUNCT	_	27 trouble	punct
24	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 trouble	nsubj
25	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 trouble	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 trouble	det
27	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hidin	parataxis
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	27 trouble	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 trouble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break in a quote	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a in a quote	present	a broken vase	nae bother	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	vase	the hidin	tree rules
4	is a in a quote	present	that	the trouble	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: ("Hen" means dear; "nae" means no.) What does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 Hen	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Hen	punct
3	Hen	Hen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Hen	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 nae	punct
9	nae	nae	X	Foreign=Yes	11 means	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 nae	punct
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	parataxis
12	no.	no.	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	11 means	obj
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 mean	obj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 mean	aux
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mean	nsubj
17	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 means	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Hen		dear property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	nae	no.		tree rules
3	mean	present · do-support	hen			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ava should hide things better next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hide	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hide	aux
3	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hide	obj
5	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 hide	advmod
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 time	amod
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hide	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	should	Ava	things			time	well property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The accident is small; hiding it is what makes things worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accident	det
2	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 hiding	punct
6	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 makes	csubj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hiding	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 what	cop
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 small	parataxis
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 makes	obj
12	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the accident		small property	tree rules
2	hide	gerund		accident		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	is a	present				tree rules
4	make	present		things	bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material thing=Product

Option 3

Breaking vases is fine, but only for grandmothers, not children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Breaking	break	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fine	csubj
2	vases	vas	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Breaking	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 grandmothers	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 grandmothers	cc
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 grandmothers	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 grandmothers	case
9	grandmothers	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 children	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 children	advmod
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	gerund		vases					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vas=Patient
2	is	present	Breaking					children obl; fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Vases are never important to anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vases	vas	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 important	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 important	cop
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 important	advmod
4	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 anyone	case
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 important	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Vases					to anyone; important property	tree rules

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