Test 3 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

"Oi, just tell her I'm out," Mum hisses, waving the potato peeler. What is the gentle, honest move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oi, Mum, gentle honest move · What happens: tell, be, hiss, wave · To what, where: her, potato peeler · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: "Oi, just tell her I'm out," Mum hisses, waving the potato peeler.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Oi	punct
2	Oi	Oi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 tell	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oi	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod
5	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tell	iobj
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 out	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 out	cop
9	out	out	ADV	_	5 tell	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hisses	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hisses	punct
12	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hisses	nsubj
13	hisses	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 waving	punct
15	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 hisses	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 peeler	det
17	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 peeler	compound
18	peeler	peeler	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 waving	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Oi		her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is in a quote	present	Oi			out property	tree rules
3	hiss	present	Mum				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wave	gerund	Mum not said here	the potato peeler			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peeler=Patient

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 gentle, honest move?

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	7 move	det
4	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 move	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gentle	punct
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 move	amod
7	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Say "She can't come to the phone right now", and later tell Mum the lie felt wrong

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
3	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 phone	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 phone	det
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 now	advmod
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 come	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 come	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tell	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tell	cc
15	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 tell	advmod
16	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
17	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tell	obj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lie	det
19	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 felt	nsubj
20	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 tell	ccomp
21	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 felt	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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	not come in a quote	can	She	the phone	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to phone=Initial_Location
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	Mum			late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	feel	past	the lie			wrong property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Tell Aunt Sue that Mum is hiding from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Aunt	Aunt	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	Sue	Sue	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Aunt	flat
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 hiding	mark
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hiding	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hiding	aux
7	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Tell	advcl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Aunt				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent aunt=Recipient
2	hide	present · progressive	Mum	Aunt					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Patient

Option 3

Hand Mum the phone and run away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 phone	compound
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 phone	compound
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 run	cc
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 phone	conj
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	present						away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Say "She's out" and forget about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 out	punct
3	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 out	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 out	cop
5	out	out	ADV	_	1 Say	ccomp
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 out	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 forget	cc
8	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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 in a quote	present	She	out property	tree rules
3	forget	infinitive	you not said here	about it	tree rules

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