Test 1 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard
Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, it, best reply · What happens: say, delete, not happen, be · To what, where: mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 91 «Owning up when it is hard» 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: Your mate says, "Just delete it, then it never happened."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 delete | punct |
| 6 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 7 delete | advmod |
| 7 | delete | delete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 delete | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 happened | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 happened | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 happened | advmod |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 delete | advcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 delete | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 delete | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | delete in a quote | infinitive | mate | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not happen in a quote | past | it | then | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 reply?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | 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 best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Post another one to cover it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Post | post | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 one | det |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Post | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 cover | mark |
| 5 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Post | advcl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cover | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 cover | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | post | imperative | you not said here | another one | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cover up | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |
Option 2
Delete it twice to be extra sure it's gone from everyone's phone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Delete | obj |
| 3 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Delete | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sure | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sure | cop |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sure | amod |
| 7 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Delete | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gone | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 gone | aux |
| 10 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 sure | ccomp |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 phone | case |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 phone | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 everyone | case |
| 14 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | it | twice property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | you not said here | sure property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go | present · passive | it | everyone's phone | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from phone=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Screenshots last; say sorry to the person instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Screenshots | screenshot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 last | nsubj |
| 2 | last | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 last | parataxis |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 say | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sorry | obl |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 2 last | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | present | Screenshots | instead property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | infinitive | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Blame autocorrect for the joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 autocorrect | amod |
| 2 | autocorrect | autocorrect | NOUN | _ | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 joke | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 joke | det |
| 5 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 autocorrect | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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