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Test 3 · Keeping promises

Darnell shouts, "You liar, you promised me a bike!" when his mum lost her job. What is the fairest way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Darnell, You, mum, fairest way · What happens: shout, liar, promise, lose, job, be · To what, where: bike, Darnell, job, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 86 «Keeping promises» 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: Darnell shouts, "You liar, you promised me a bike!" when his mum lost her job.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Darnell	Darnell	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouts	nsubj
2	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 liar	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 liar	punct
5	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 liar	nsubj
6	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shouts	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 promised	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 promised	nsubj
9	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 liar	acl:relcl
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 promised	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bike	det
12	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promised	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 liar	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 liar	punct
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 lost	mark
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mum	nmod:poss
17	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	nsubj
18	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouts	advcl
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 job	nmod:poss
20	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lost	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shouts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	Darnell						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	liar in a quote		You						tree rules
3	promise speech: promise in a quote	past	you	a bike	Darnell				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal bike=Theme
4	lose	past	Darnell's mum	mum's job					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
5	job		mum						nom job «act intransitive»: 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 is the fairest way to see it?

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 way	det
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fairest way						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the fairest way not said here	way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

He's right; she lied on purpose to trick him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 lied	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 lied	nsubj
6	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lied	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 trick	mark
10	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 lied	advcl
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	lie	past	she			purpose			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on purpose=Location
3	trick	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

She should borrow money to buy the bike anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 borrow	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 borrow	aux
3	borrow	borrow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 borrow	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 borrow	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bike	det
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 buy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	should	She	money					tree rules
2	buy	to-infinitive	She not said here	the bike				anyway property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme

Option 3

He should never believe his mum again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 believe	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 believe	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 believe	advmod
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 believe	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 believe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	should	He	his mum			again		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's OK to be sad, but it wasn't a lie; she meant it and life changed

The tree, 18 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	3 OK	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 OK	cop
3	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 sad	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sad	cop
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 OK	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lie	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 lie	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 lie	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lie	cop
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 lie	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lie	det
13	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 OK	parataxis
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 meant	punct
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meant	nsubj
16	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 OK	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 meant	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 changed	cc
19	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 changed	nsubj
20	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 meant	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					ok property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive						sad property	tree rules
3	not is a	past	it	a lie					tree rules
4	mean	past	she	lie					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
5	change	past	life						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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