Test 8 · ★ · The lie nobody found out: carrying a secret Lily's sister finds out her diary was read. Lily says, "I was just being nosy, it's not that deep." What would be better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Lily, diary · What happens: find out, read, say, be, not be · To what, where: diary · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Lily's sister finds out her diary was read.
nmod:poss case nsubj compound:prt nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux:pass parataxis punct root Lily PROPN 's PART sister NOUN finds VERB out ADP her PRON diary NOUN was AUX read VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 3 sister nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Lily case 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 4 finds nsubj 4 finds find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 out out ADP _ 4 finds compound:prt 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 diary nmod:poss 7 diary diary NOUN Number=Sing 9 read nsubj:pass 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 read aux:pass 9 read read VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 finds parataxis 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 finds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find out present Lily's sister vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent 2 read past · passive sister's diary vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
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: Lily says, "I was just being nosy, it's not that deep."
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop advmod cop ccomp punct nsubj cop advmod advmod conj punct punct root Lily PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON was AUX just ADV being AUX nosy ADJ , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX not PART that ADV deep ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 nosy punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 9 nosy punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 nosy nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 nosy cop 7 just just ADV _ 9 nosy advmod 8 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 nosy cop 9 nosy nosy ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 deep punct 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 deep nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 deep cop 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 deep advmod 14 that that ADV _ 15 deep advmod 15 deep deep ADV _ 9 nosy conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Lily vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past Lily nosy property tree rules 3 not is in a quote present diary deep, that property tree rules
Sentence 3: What would be better?
obl aux cop punct root What PRON would AUX be AUX better ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Rel 4 better obl 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 better aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 better cop 4 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 better punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is would good property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing; nosy people can't help it, so there's nothing to say sorry for
The tree, 15 words punct amod nsubj aux advmod conj obj punct advmod expl parataxis nsubj mark acl xcomp obl root Nothing PRON ; PUNCT nosy ADJ people NOUN ca AUX n't PART help VERB it PRON , PUNCT so ADV there PRON 's VERB nothing PRON to PART say VERB sorry ADJ for ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 help punct 3 nosy nosy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 people amod 4 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 help nsubj 5 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 help aux 6 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 help advmod 7 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Nothing conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 help obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 's punct 10 so so ADV _ 12 's advmod 11 there there PRON PronType=Dem 12 's expl 12 's be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 help parataxis 13 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 12 's nsubj 14 to to PART _ 15 say mark 15 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 nothing acl 16 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 15 say xcomp 17 for for ADP _ 15 say obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not help can nosy people it vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary 2 be present nothing there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 say speech: apologize to-infinitive nothing not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Telling her sister to hide it better
nmod:poss iobj mark advcl obj xcomp root Telling VERB her PRON sister NOUN to PART hide VERB it PRON better ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 sister nmod:poss 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 1 Telling iobj 4 to to PART _ 5 hide mark 5 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Telling advcl 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 hide obj 7 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 hide xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund her sister vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient 2 hide to-infinitive it good property vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer A real sorry, because reading it broke her trust
det amod nsubj punct mark acl obj nmod:poss obj root A DET real ADJ sorry NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ reading VERB it PRON broke VERB her PRON trust NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 sorry det 2 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sorry amod 3 sorry sorry NOUN Number=Sing 8 broke nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 reading punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 6 reading mark 6 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 sorry acl 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 reading obj 8 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 trust nmod:poss 10 trust trust NOUN Number=Sing 8 broke obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 read gerund a real sorry not said here sorry vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 break past a real sorry her trust vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient 3 trust her = she nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Promising to only read it on weekends
case advmod xcomp obj case obl root Promising VERB to ADP only ADV read VERB it PRON on ADP weekends NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Promising promise VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 to to ADP _ 4 read case 3 only only ADV _ 4 read advmod 4 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Promising xcomp 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 read obj 6 on on ADP _ 7 weekends case 7 weekends weekend NOUN Number=Plur 4 read obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 promise speech: promise gerund vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 read not said to happen infinitive it weekend vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
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