Test 5 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right
In a TV show, a kid breaks something and the camera shows him hiding the evidence and getting away with it, all happy. What's unrealistic?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, camera · What happens: break, show, hide, get away, be · To what, where: something, TV show, kid, evidence
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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 TV show, a kid breaks something and the camera shows him hiding the evidence and getting away with it, all happy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 show | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 show | det |
| 3 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 show | compound |
| 4 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 breaks | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 breaks | nsubj |
| 8 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 breaks | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 shows | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 camera | det |
| 12 | camera | camera | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shows | nsubj |
| 13 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 breaks | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 shows | iobj |
| 15 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 shows | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 evidence | det |
| 17 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hiding | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 getting | cc |
| 19 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 hiding | conj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 getting | advmod |
| 21 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 it | case |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 getting | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 happy | punct |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 happy | det |
| 25 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 breaks | conj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 breaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | a kid | something | a TV show | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient | |||
| 2 | show | present | the camera | kid | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | hide | gerund | the camera not said here | the evidence | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient | ||||
| 4 | get away | gerund | the camera not said here | with camera; away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 unrealistic?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 unrealistic | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unrealistic | cop |
| 3 | unrealistic | unrealistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 unrealistic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | unrealistic property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Hiding things usually makes guilt grow, not disappear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hiding | obj |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 makes | advmod |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 6 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 makes | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 disappear | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 disappear | advmod |
| 9 | disappear | disappear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 grow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | things | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Hiding | guilt | usually property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | grow | infinitive | guilt not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not disappear | infinitive | guilt not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing; hiding things always makes people happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 4 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hiding | obj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 makes | advmod |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | things | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Nothing | people | always, happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material people=Product |
Option 3
In real life nobody ever breaks anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 breaks | obl |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 breaks | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 breaks | advmod |
| 6 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | nobody | anything | real life | ever | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Patient |
Option 4
Real kids always get caught within one minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kids | amod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 caught | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 caught | aux:pass |
| 5 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 minute | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 minute | nummod |
| 8 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caught | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | Real kids | minute | always property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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