Test 3 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring. What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: class, Mrs, lesson, nobody · What happens: say, ask, be, happen, tell · To what, where: no, truth, Mrs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: The class all say "no" when Mrs Okafor asks if the lesson was boring.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
3	all	all	ADV	_	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 no	punct
6	no	no	NOUN	_	4 say	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 no	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 asks	advmod
9	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 asks	nsubj
10	Okafor	Okafor	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Mrs	flat
11	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	advcl
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 boring	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lesson	det
14	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boring	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 boring	cop
16	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 asks	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the class	no	all property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	present	Mrs			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the lesson		boring property	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: What would happen if nobody ever told her the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 told	mark
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 told	nsubj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 told	advmod
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 truth	det
10	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	nobody	the truth	Mrs		ever		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient truth=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She would get much better at teaching all by herself, because teachers always know what works

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 better	advmod
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 get	xcomp
6	at	at	SCONJ	_	7 teaching	mark
7	teaching	teach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 get	advcl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 teaching	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 herself	case
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 teaching	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 know	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 know	mark
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 know	nsubj
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 know	advmod
15	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 get	parataxis
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 works	nsubj
17	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	would	She		good property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	teach speech: other	gerund	She not said here	all	by herself = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient
3	know	present	teachers		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	work	present				vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She would keep teaching the same boring way and never improve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 keep	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 keep	aux
3	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	teaching	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keep	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
7	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teaching	obl:unmarked
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 improve	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 improve	advmod
11	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	would	She		tree rules
2	teach speech: other	gerund	She not said here	the same boring way	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not improve	infinitive	She not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The class would get a reward for being polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reward	det
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 polite	case
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 polite	cop
9	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	the class	a reward					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reward=Stimulus
2	is	gerund						polite property	tree rules

Option 4

She would know anyway, so nothing would change

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 know	aux
3	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 know	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 change	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 change	advmod
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 change	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 change	aux
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 know	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	would	She					anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	change	would	nothing						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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