Test 5 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits
A podcast says, "Everyone lies loads, so it's fine." What two mistakes are in that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: podcast, Everyone, two mistakes · What happens: say, lie, be · To what, where: loads, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A podcast says, "Everyone lies loads, so it's fine."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 podcast | det |
| 2 | podcast | podcast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lies | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 lies | punct |
| 6 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 lies | nsubj |
| 7 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 8 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lies | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 fine | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fine | expl |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fine | cop |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a podcast | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lie in a quote | present | Everyone | loads | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | fine 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 two mistakes are in that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 mistakes | nummod |
| 3 | mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 that | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 that | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 that | case |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | two mistakes | that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Most people lie little, and common doesn't mean good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lie | nsubj |
| 3 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | little | little | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 lie | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mean | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 mean | cc |
| 7 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mean | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 mean | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 mean | advmod |
| 10 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lie | parataxis |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Most people | little property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not mean | present · do-support | common | good | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Topic |
Option 2
Podcasts are always right about everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podcasts | podcast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 everything | case |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Podcasts | about everything; always, right property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody lies at all, so the podcast is lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 lies | nsubj |
| 2 | lies | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 lies | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lying | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 lying | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 podcast | det |
| 8 | podcast | podcast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lying | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 lying | aux |
| 10 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 lies | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present | Nobody | all | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location | ||||
| 2 | lie | present · progressive | the podcast | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Everyone does lie loads, and that makes it fine for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lie | aux |
| 3 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lie | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 makes | cc |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lie | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 makes | obj |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 makes | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 everyone | case |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | present · do-support | Everyone | loads | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | present | that | it | fine property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
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