Test 1 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Your mate says, "One fib about Disneyland can't grow, it's tiny." What would most likely happen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, One fib, fib · What happens: say, not grow, be, happen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits» 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 mate says, "One fib about Disneyland can't grow, it's tiny."

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 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fib	punct
6	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 fib	nummod
7	fib	fib	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grow	nsubj
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 Disneyland	case
9	Disneyland	Disneyland	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fib	nmod
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 grow	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 grow	advmod
12	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tiny	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tiny	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 tiny	cop
16	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 tiny	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 tiny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not grow in a quote	can	One fib about Disneyland		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	fib	tiny 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 most likely happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Everyone will want to hear about it, so they will all buy him a real trip to Disneyland next summer

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	3 want	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 want	aux
3	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hear	mark
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hear	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 buy	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 buy	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 buy	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 buy	aux
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 buy	advmod
13	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 buy	iobj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 trip	det
16	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 trip	amod
17	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 buy	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 Disneyland	case
19	Disneyland	Disneyland	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 trip	nmod
20	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 summer	amod
21	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 want	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	future	Everyone			summer		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hear not said to happen	to-infinitive	Everyone not said here				about it	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus
3	buy	future	they	a real trip	him = he		to Disneyland; all property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary trip=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Kids ask about the rides, so he needs more fibs to cover it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	nsubj
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 rides	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rides	det
5	rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 needs	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 needs	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 needs	nsubj
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	parataxis
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 fibs	amod
11	fibs	fib	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 needs	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 cover	mark
13	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ask	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 cover	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Kids		about the rides	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about ride=Topic
2	need	present	he	more fibs		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fib=Theme
3	cover	to-infinitive	Kids not said here	it		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

Option 3

Nothing; nobody will ever ask about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 ask	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nothing	parataxis
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	future	nobody				ever	about it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The teacher will give him a gold star

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 star	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 star	compound
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	future	the teacher	a gold star	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient star=Theme

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