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Test 8 · ★★★ · Tricks the mind plays: inner voices, superstitions and bei…

In a detective cartoon, the hero is always right the second she sees a suspect. What's Grace's real-life lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero, she, life lesson · What happens: be, see · To what, where: detective cartoon, second

This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: In a detective cartoon, the hero is always right the second she sees a suspect.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cartoon	det
3	detective	detective	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cartoon	compound
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 right	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cartoon	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hero	det
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 right	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 right	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 right	advmod
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 second	det
12	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 sees	obl:unmarked
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sees	nsubj
14	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 right	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 suspect	det
16	suspect	suspect	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sees	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the hero			a detective cartoon		always, right property	tree rules
2	see	present	she	the second					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer suspect=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 Grace's real-life lesson?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lesson	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Grace	case
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 real	punct
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lesson	compound
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Grace's life lesson						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Coats never lie about who is wearing them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lie	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 lie	advmod
3	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 wearing	mark
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wearing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	aux
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lie	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lie	present	Coats						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wear	present · progressive		Coats = coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source

Option 2

Trust your first look and tell everyone fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 first	nmod:poss
3	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Trust	obj
4	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Trust	parataxis
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tell	cc
6	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 look	conj
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 tell	iobj
8	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	imperative	you not said here	your first					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent first=Theme
2	look	infinitive							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive			everyone			fast property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Check before telling anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	before	before	SCONJ	_	3 telling	mark
3	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Check	advcl
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here						vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 4

Detectives never make mistakes, so copy them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Detectives	detective	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 make	advmod
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 copy	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 copy	advmod
7	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	present	Detectives	mistakes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
2	copy	infinitive	Detectives not said here	mistakes = mistake					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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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