Test 5 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

Divya's sister says, "Just say you haven't read it, Auntie will never know." What is the better plan?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, you, Auntie, better plan · What happens: say, not read, not know, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: Divya's sister says, "Just say you haven't read it, Auntie will never know."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Divya	Divya	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Divya	case
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct
7	Just	just	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 read	nsubj
10	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 read	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 read	advmod
12	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 read	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct
15	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 know	nsubj
16	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 know	aux
17	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 know	advmod
18	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Divya's sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not read in a quote	present	you	it	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	not know in a quote	future	Auntie		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 better plan?

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	5 plan	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Say it's new, then sell it on the internet later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 new	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 new	cop
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sell	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 sell	advmod
7	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sell	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 internet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 internet	det
11	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sell	obl
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 sell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is	present	it				new property	tree rules
3	sell	infinitive		it	the internet	then	late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on internet=Asset

Option 2

Hide the book and never mention it again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 book	det
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mention	cc
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 mention	advmod
6	mention	mention	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mention	obj
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 mention	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the book					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient
2	not mention speech: other	infinitive	you not said here	book			again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

Tell Auntie that she always gives boring presents, so next time she should just give money instead

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 gives	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 gives	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 gives	advmod
6	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
7	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 presents	amod
8	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gives	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 give	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	16 give	advmod
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 give	obl:unmarked
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 give	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 give	aux
15	just	just	ADV	_	16 give	advmod
16	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 give	obj
18	instead	instead	ADV	_	16 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	Auntie			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent auntie=Recipient
2	give	present	she	boring presents		always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme
3	give	should	she	money	time	instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

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

Thank her for the gift; if asked straight, say gently she has it and loves it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 gift	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gift	det
5	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thank	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 asked	mark
8	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 say	advcl
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 asked	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Thank	conj
12	gently	gently	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 loves	cc
17	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 has	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			her = she	for the gift	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for gift=Attribute
2	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	participle				straight property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	infinitive				gently property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	present	she	gift			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
5	love	present	she not said here	gift			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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