Test 10 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei… Harry's friend goes, "What spot? Fr, I didn't even see it." ("Fr" means for real.) What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, I, Fr, this · What happens: go, spot, not see, mean, show · To what, where: friend
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 27 «Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and being sure but wrong» 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: Harry's friend goes, "What spot?
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj obl punct root Harry PROPN 's PART friend NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT What PRON spot NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Harry Harry PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Harry case 3 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 spot punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 spot punct 7 What what PRON PronType=Int 8 spot nsubj 8 spot spot NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes obl 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Harry's friend vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 spot in a quote 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: Fr, I didn't even see it."
compound punct nsubj aux advmod advmod obj punct punct root Fr NOUN , PUNCT I PRON did AUX n't PART even ADV see VERB it PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 7 see compound 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Fr punct 3 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 see nsubj 4 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 see aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 7 see advmod 6 even even ADV _ 7 see advmod 7 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 see obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 7 see punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 7 see punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not see past · do-support I friend vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Sentence 3: ("Fr" means for real.)
punct punct nsubj punct case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fr NOUN " PUNCT means VERB for ADP real ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fr punct 3 Fr fr NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fr punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 for for ADP _ 7 real case 7 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fr for real vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for real=Attribute
Sentence 4: What does this show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX this PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support this vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 Spots are invisible to other children
nsubj cop case amod obl root Spots NOUN are AUX invisible ADJ to ADP other ADJ children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spots spot NOUN Number=Plur 3 invisible nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 invisible cop 3 invisible invisible ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 children case 5 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 6 children amod 6 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 invisible obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Spots to other children; invisible property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Everyone saw it but was far too polite to say anything to him
nsubj obj cc cop advmod advmod conj mark csubj obj case obl root Everyone PRON saw VERB it PRON but CCONJ was AUX far ADV too ADV polite ADJ to PART say VERB anything PRON to ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 saw obj 4 but but CCONJ _ 8 polite cc 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 polite cop 6 far far ADV Degree=Pos 8 polite advmod 7 too too ADV _ 8 polite advmod 8 polite polite ADJ Degree=Pos 2 saw conj 9 to to PART _ 10 say mark 10 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 polite csubj 11 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 say obj 12 to to ADP _ 13 him case 13 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 say obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see past Everyone it vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus 2 is past Everyone not said here far, polite property tree rules 3 say speech: assert to-infinitive anything him = he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to he=Recipient
Option 3 His friend is lying to make him feel better
nmod:poss nsubj aux mark advcl obj xcomp xcomp root His PRON friend NOUN is AUX lying VERB to PART make VERB him PRON feel VERB better ADJ 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 4 lying nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 lying aux 4 lying lie VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 lying advcl 7 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 make obj 8 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 make xcomp 9 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 feel xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie present · progressive His friend vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 make to-infinitive His friend not said here friend tree rules 3 feel infinitive friend not said here good property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer People notice small things far less than we think
nsubj amod obj advmod obj mark nsubj advcl root People NOUN notice VERB small ADJ things NOUN far ADV less ADJ than SCONJ we PRON think VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 notice nsubj 2 notice notice VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 4 things amod 4 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 2 notice obj 5 far far ADV Degree=Pos 6 less advmod 6 less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 notice obj 7 than than SCONJ _ 9 think mark 8 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 think nsubj 9 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 less advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 notice present People small things tree rules 2 think speech: other present we vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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