Test 7 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro." What's the honest, kind reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, my, honest kind reply · What happens: not say, be, slap · To what, where: song slaps, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Kai's brother: "If you don't say my song slaps, you're dead to me, bro."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kai	case
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	10 say	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 say	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 say	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 brother	parataxis
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 slaps	nmod:poss
12	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slaps	compound
13	slaps	slap	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dead	punct
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 dead	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dead	cop
17	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 say	parataxis
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 me	case
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 dead	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bro	punct
21	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 dead	vocative
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brother	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 brother	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert in a quote	present · do-support	you	my song slaps			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent slap=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	you		me	bro vocative; dead property	tree rules
3	slap in a quote		my				nom slap «event 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's the honest, kind reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reply	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reply	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 honest	punct
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reply	amod
7	reply	reply	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 honest kind reply						tree rules

The options

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

The chorus is catchy, the drums need work; I'll help you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chorus	det
2	chorus	chorus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catchy	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catchy	cop
4	catchy	catchy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 need	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 drums	det
7	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 need	nsubj
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catchy	conj
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 need	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 help	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 help	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 catchy	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	the chorus			catchy property	tree rules
2	need	present	the drums	work			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot work=Theme
3	help	future	I		you		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary

Option 2

It slaps, best song ever, bro, you'll be famous by next year and on the telly

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slaps	nsubj
2	slaps	slap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 song	punct
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 song	amod
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slaps	obj
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 song	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 song	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 famous	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 famous	nsubj
11	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 famous	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 famous	cop
13	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 slaps	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 year	amod
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 famous	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 telly	cc
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 telly	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 telly	det
20	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 year	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slap	present	It	best song and bro					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Patient
2	is	future	you				year	famous property	tree rules

Option 3

Shut up, I'm not listening to your song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Shut	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 listening	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 listening	nsubj
5	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 listening	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 listening	advmod
7	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Shut	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 song	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 song	nmod:poss
10	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 listening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shut up	participle			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not listen	present · progressive	I	to your song	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to song=Theme
3	sing		your		nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It's rubbish, give up music now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 rubbish	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rubbish	cop
3	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rubbish	parataxis
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 give	compound:prt
7	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	rubbish					tree rules
2	give up	infinitive		music			now		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Source

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