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Test 8 · ★★ · Pretend, cover stories and lies that become habits

A cartoon shows a kid who blames the pasty-eating dog on the postman. What is the honest fix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, kid, honest fix · What happens: show, blame, eat, be · To what, where: kid, eating dog, postman

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 cartoon shows a kid who blames the pasty-eating dog on the postman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 blames	nsubj
7	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kid	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dog	det
9	pasty	pasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eating	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 pasty	punct
11	eating	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 dog	amod
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 postman	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 postman	det
15	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 blames	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon		a kid				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2	blame	present	a kid	the eating dog		the postman			vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
3	eat	gerund							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is the honest fix?

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	5 fix	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fix	amod
5	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Buy a new pasty and pretend it's the one Gran made

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pasty	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pasty	amod
4	pasty	pasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buy	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pretend	cc
6	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Buy	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 one	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pretend	ccomp
11	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	a new pasty					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pasty=Theme
2	pretend	present	you not said here						tree rules
3	is a	present	pasty	the one					tree rules
4	make	past	Gran	the one not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product

Option 2

Blame the postman, because he can't defend himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 postman	det
3	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 defend	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 defend	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 defend	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 defend	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 defend	advmod
9	defend	defend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Blame	conj
10	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 defend	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	the postman					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postman=Theme
2	not defend	can	he	himself = he					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell Gran the dog got it; she'll probably laugh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dog	det
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 laugh	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 laugh	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 laugh	aux
10	probably	probably	ADV	_	11 laugh	advmod
11	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Tell	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Gran				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent gran=Recipient clause=Topic
2	get	past	the dog	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
3	laugh	future	dog					probably property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Say the pasty never arrived in the post at all, Gran

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pasty	det
3	pasty	pasty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 arrived	advmod
5	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 post	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 post	det
8	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrived	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 arrived	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Gran	punct
12	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Say	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	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 arrive	past	the pasty			the post		at all	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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