Test 6 · ★ · Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice Poppy pushes: "Just tell me, did Lily say something?" You know she did. Is "No" OK?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Poppy, Lily, You, No · What happens: push, tell, say, know, do, be · To what, where: me, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 84 «Kind truths: honesty with a gentle voice» 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: Poppy pushes: "Just tell me, did Lily say something?"
nsubj punct punct advmod parataxis iobj punct aux nsubj conj obj punct punct root Poppy NOUN pushes VERB : PUNCT " PUNCT Just ADV tell VERB me PRON , PUNCT did AUX Lily PROPN say VERB something PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Poppy poppy NOUN Number=Sing 2 pushes nsubj 2 pushes push VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 2 pushes punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 tell punct 5 Just just ADV _ 6 tell advmod 6 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 pushes parataxis 7 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 tell iobj 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 say punct 9 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 say aux 10 Lily Lily PROPN Number=Sing 11 say nsubj 11 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 tell conj 12 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 say obj 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 pushes punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 2 pushes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 push present Poppy vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 tell speech: assert in a quote infinitive me vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient 3 say speech: assert in a quote past · do-support Lily something vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
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: You know she did.
nsubj nsubj ccomp punct root You PRON know VERB she PRON did VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 know nsubj 2 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 did nsubj 4 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 know ccomp 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 know punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present You vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 2 do past Lily vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Is "No" OK?
cop punct nsubj punct punct root Is AUX " PUNCT No DET " PUNCT OK ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 OK cop 2 " " PUNCT _ 5 OK punct 3 No no DET PronType=Neg 5 OK nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 OK punct 5 OK ok ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 OK punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present No ok property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, saying no is always kind, because it stops Poppy from feeling hurt
The tree, 13 words discourse punct csubj obj cop advmod advmod punct mark nsubj obj mark advcl xcomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT saying VERB no DET is AUX always ADV kind ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON stops VERB Poppy PROPN from SCONJ feeling VERB hurt VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 kind discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 kind csubj 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 3 saying obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 kind cop 6 always always ADV PronType=Tot 7 kind advmod 7 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 11 stops advmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 stops punct 9 because because SCONJ _ 11 stops mark 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 stops nsubj 11 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 Poppy Poppy PROPN Number=Sing 11 stops obj 13 from from SCONJ _ 14 feeling mark 14 feeling feel VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 stops advcl 15 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 14 feeling xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund no vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic 2 is present saying always, kind property tree rules 3 stop present it Poppy vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality poppy=Eventuality 4 feel gerund vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 5 hurt participle vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No; you need not repeat it, but don't say something false
discourse punct nsubj aux advmod obj punct cc aux advmod conj obj amod root No INTJ ; PUNCT you PRON need AUX not PART repeat VERB it PRON , PUNCT but CCONJ do AUX n't PART say VERB something PRON false ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 6 repeat discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 6 repeat punct 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 repeat nsubj 4 need need AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 repeat aux 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 repeat advmod 6 repeat repeat VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 repeat obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 say punct 9 but but CCONJ _ 12 say cc 10 do do AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 say aux 11 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 say advmod 12 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 repeat conj 13 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 12 say obj 14 false false ADJ Degree=Pos 13 something amod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not repeat present you it vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 2 not say speech: assert infinitive · do-support you not said here something vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
Option 3 No, you must tell her every word exactly
discourse punct nsubj aux iobj det obj advmod root No INTJ , PUNCT you PRON must AUX tell VERB her PRON every DET word NOUN exactly ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 tell discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 tell nsubj 4 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 tell aux 5 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 tell iobj 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 word det 8 word word NOUN Number=Sing 5 tell obj 9 exactly exactly ADV _ 5 tell advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert must you every word her = she exactly property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient word=Topic
Option 4 Yes, lies to friends don't count
discourse punct case obl aux advmod ccomp root Yes INTJ , PUNCT lies VERB to ADP friends NOUN do AUX n't PART count VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 3 lies discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 lies lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 friends case 5 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 8 count obl 6 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 count aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 count advmod 8 count count VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 lies ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie present tree rules 2 not count present · do-support to friends vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to friend=Experiencer
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