Test 2 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard

Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted." What would be better?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hannah, Mum, mug · What happens: say, be, not know, sort · To what, where: garden · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Hannah says, "Mum's in the garden, she'll never know about the mug, sorted."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 garden	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 garden	punct
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 garden	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 garden	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garden	det
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 know	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 know	advmod
14	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 mug	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mug	det
17	mug	mug	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 know	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sorted	punct
19	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mug	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Hannah			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Mum	the garden		tree rules
3	not know in a quote	future	Hannah		about the mug	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about mug=Stimulus
4	sort in a quote	past	the mug not said here			vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: 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 would be better?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 better	obl
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 better	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 better	cop
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 better	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would						good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Glue it and put it back on the shelf without saying a word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Glue	glue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Glue	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 put	cc
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Glue	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 shelf	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shelf	det
9	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
10	without	without	SCONJ	_	11 saying	mark
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 put	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 word	det
13	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	glue	imperative	you not said here	it		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	put back	infinitive	you not said here	it	the shelf	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on shelf=Destination
3	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	a word		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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

Tell her mum, because a guest cares for others' things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cares	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 cares	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 guest	det
7	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cares	nsubj
8	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 things	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 things	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 others	case
12	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	care	present	a guest					for others's things	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme

Option 3

Leave before her mum comes back in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 comes	mark
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	advcl
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	1 Leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	present	her mum						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Hide the mug at the back of the cupboard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mug	det
3	mug	mug	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cupboard	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cupboard	det
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the mug		the back of the cupboard			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mug=Patient at back=Location

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