Test 10 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard
Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster." What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, problem · What happens: say, blame, be · To what, where: printer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Sophie's friend says, "Just blame the printer for the poster."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sophie | 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 blame | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 blame | punct |
| 7 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 8 blame | advmod |
| 8 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 printer | det |
| 10 | printer | printer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 poster | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 poster | det |
| 13 | poster | poster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 blame | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 blame | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Sophie's friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | blame in a quote | infinitive | the printer | for the poster | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent printer=Theme for poster=Attribute |
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 problem?
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 | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The teacher already knows about printers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knows | nsubj |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 knows | advmod |
| 4 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 printers | case |
| 6 | printers | printer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 knows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | the teacher | about printers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about printer=Stimulus |
Option 2
Printers can't be blamed for anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Printers | printer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 blamed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 blamed | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 blamed | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 blamed | aux:pass |
| 5 | blamed | blame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 anything | case |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 blamed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not blame | can · passive | Printers | for anything | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for anything=Attribute |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's a lie, and owning up protects your team's good name
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 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lie | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lie | det |
| 4 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 protects | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 protects | cc |
| 7 | owning | own | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 protects | csubj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 owning | compound:prt |
| 9 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lie | acl:relcl |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 team | nmod:poss |
| 11 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 name | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 team | case |
| 13 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 name | amod |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 protects | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a lie | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | own up | gerund | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | protect | present | owning | your team's good name | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | name | your team | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
There's no problem; printers break all the time, so everyone believes it
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 's | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 's | nsubj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 break | punct |
| 6 | printers | printer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 break | nsubj |
| 7 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 's | parataxis |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 time | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 time | det |
| 10 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 break | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 believes | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 believes | advmod |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 believes | nsubj |
| 14 | believes | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 's | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 believes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no problem | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break | present | printers | time | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | believe | present | everyone | problem | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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