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Test 8 · ★ · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go

Theo thinks, "if I tell, my mate gets sent to jail." What is more likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theo · What happens: think, tell, send, be · To what, where: mate, jail · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» 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: Theo thinks, "if I tell, my mate gets sent to jail."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sent	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sent	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 tell	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 tell	nsubj
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mate	nmod:poss
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj:pass
11	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux:pass
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thinks	ccomp
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 jail	case
14	jail	jail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Theo						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Theo						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	send in a quote	present · passive		my mate		jail			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to jail=Destination

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 is more likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						likely property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing will happen and the dreams will get worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 happen	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dreams	det
6	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happen	conj
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	future	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	future	the dreams					bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

His mum will be cross that he ever had dreams

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 cross	cop
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 had	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 had	advmod
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	advcl
10	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future	His mum					cross property	tree rules
2	have	past	he	dreams			ever		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient

Option 3

His friend will be sent to prison for showing a video

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj:pass
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sent	aux:pass
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 prison	case
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 showing	mark
9	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sent	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 video	det
11	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 showing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	future · passive		His friend		prison			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to prison=Destination
2	show	gerund		a video					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent video=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A grown-up will help both boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 up	det
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 up	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 up	punct
4	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 help	nsubj
5	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 help	aux
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 boys	det
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	help	future	a grown up		both boys				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Beneficiary

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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