Test 5 · Keeping promises

Thandi's friend says, "You said now now, and it's been an hour, you liar!" What is the best way to see it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, You, best way · What happens: say, be, liar, see · To what, where: hour, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: Thandi's friend says, "You said now now, and it's been an hour, you liar!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thandi	Thandi	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Thandi	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct
7	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 now	advmod
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 said	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hour	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hour	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hour	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 hour	cop
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 hour	cop
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 hour	det
17	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 liar	punct
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 liar	nsubj
20	liar	liar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 liar	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 liar	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Thandi's friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	You		now	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	friend	a hour		tree rules
4	liar in a quote		you			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 is the best 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	best	good	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 best way						tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	way					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

The friend should learn to wait for ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wait	mark
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learn	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ever	case
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	should	the friend						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	to-infinitive	the friend not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was a misunderstanding about the words, not a lie; clear words help

The tree, 13 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	4 misunderstanding	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 misunderstanding	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 misunderstanding	det
4	misunderstanding	misunderstanding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 misunderstanding	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lie	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 lie	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lie	det
11	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 misunderstanding	conj
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 help	punct
13	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 words	amod
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 help	nsubj
15	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 misunderstanding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a misunderstanding and a lie				about the words	tree rules
2	help	present	clear words						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Thandi lied on purpose, and she should be punished for it straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thandi	Thandi	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 lied	nsubj
2	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 purpose	case
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lied	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 punished	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 punished	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 punished	nsubj:pass
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 punished	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 punished	aux:pass
10	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lied	parataxis
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 punished	obl
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 punished	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	Thandi			purpose			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on purpose=Location
2	punish	should · passive		Thandi				for purpose; away property	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for it=Theme

Option 4

"Now now" always means the next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
2	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 now	advmod
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 means	advmod
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 means	advmod
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present					now; day	always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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