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Test 1 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

Your cousin says, "White lies are always fine, everyone tells them." What is the most accurate reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, White lies, everyone, accurate reply · What happens: say, be, tell · To what, where: lies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 83 «White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing» of the religion ethics 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: Your cousin says, "White lies are always fine, everyone tells them."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
6	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lies	amod
7	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fine	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 fine	advmod
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 tells	nsubj
13	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 tells	iobj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	White lies					always, fine property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	everyone		lies = lie				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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 the most accurate reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reply	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 accurate	advmod
5	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 reply	amod
6	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the accurate reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only grown-ups are allowed to tell white lies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 ups	advmod
2	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ups	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 grown	punct
4	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tell	mark
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lies	amod
10	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tell	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	allow	present · passive		grown ups					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	grown ups not said here	white lies					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient

Option 2

Everyone agrees white lies are always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lies	amod
4	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fine	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 agrees	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	white lies					always, fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Everyone agrees all white lies are terrible sins, and that is why the Bible lists them with the other commandments

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	ADV	_	8 sins	advmod
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lies	amod
5	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sins	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sins	cop
7	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sins	amod
8	sins	sin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 agrees	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 why	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 why	cc
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 why	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 why	cop
13	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 lists	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Bible	det
15	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 lists	nsubj
16	lists	list	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agrees	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 lists	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 commandments	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 commandments	det
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 commandments	amod
21	commandments	commandment	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 lists	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	Everyone						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	white lies	terrible sins				all property	tree rules
3	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
4	list	present	the Bible	sins = sin				with the other commandments	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thinkers disagree; many say small lies add up, and you can usually find a true kind thing

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thinkers	thinker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 disagree	nsubj
2	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 disagree	parataxis
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lies	amod
7	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 add	nsubj
8	add	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 add	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 find	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 find	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 find	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 find	aux
14	usually	usually	ADV	_	15 find	advmod
15	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 disagree	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 thing	det
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 thing	amod
18	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 thing	compound
19	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	present	Thinkers						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	many						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	add up speech: assert	present	small lies						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	find	can	you	a true kind thing				usually property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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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