Test 7 · White lies: the ugly jumper and the bad drawing

Your friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice. What helps?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: ask, sing, not think, show, help · To what, where: talent show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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 friend asks, "Is my singing good?" before her talent show, and you can't think of anything nice.

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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 singing	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 singing	punct
6	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 singing	aux
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 singing	nsubj
8	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 asks	ccomp
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 singing	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 singing	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 singing	punct
12	before	before	ADP	_	15 show	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 show	nmod:poss
14	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 show	compound
15	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 singing	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 think	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 think	cc
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 think	nsubj
19	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 think	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 think	advmod
21	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asks	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 anything	case
23	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 think	obl
24	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 anything	amod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Your friend			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sing speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	Your friend = friend	friend's talent show	good property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before show=Location
3	not think speech: other	can	you		of anything	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	show		friend			nom show «act transitive»: poss=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 helps?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Tell everyone else she can't sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	else	else	ADV	_	2 everyone	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sing	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sing	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sing	advmod
7	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not sing speech: express	can	she						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her she's off key and should drop out tonight before she embarrasses herself

The tree, 15 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 key	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 key	cop
5	off	off	ADP	_	6 key	case
6	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drop	cc
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 drop	aux
9	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 drop	compound:prt
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drop	obl:unmarked
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 embarrasses	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 embarrasses	nsubj
14	embarrasses	embarrass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 drop	advcl
15	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 embarrasses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	present	she				off key	tree rules
3	drop out	should	you not said here			tonight		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	embarrass	present	she	herself = she				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus herself=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Encourage her bravery and the bits that work; save advice for after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Encourage	encourage	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bravery	nmod:poss
3	bravery	bravery	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Encourage	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bits	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bits	det
6	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bravery	conj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 work	nsubj
8	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bits	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 save	punct
10	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Encourage	conj
11	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 save	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 after	case
13	after	after	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	encourage	imperative	you not said here	her bravery and the bits		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bravery=Theme
2	work	present	the bits			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	save	infinitive	you not said here	advice	for after	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent advice=Theme for after=Source

Option 4

Say she's the best singer in the country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 singer	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 singer	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 singer	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 singer	amod
6	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Say	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 country	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 country	det
9	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 singer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to 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
2	is a	present	she	the best singer		the country			tree rules

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