Test 3 · ★ · Owning up when it is hard Dad is fuming: "Some idiot scraped my car in the car park!" Leo stays quiet. Is staying quiet OK?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, idiot, Leo · What happens: fume, scrape, stay · To what, where: car, car park, quiet OK · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Dad is fuming: "Some idiot scraped my car in the car park!"
nsubj aux punct punct det nsubj parataxis nmod:poss obj case det compound obl punct punct root Dad NOUN is AUX fuming VERB : PUNCT " PUNCT Some DET idiot NOUN scraped VERB my PRON car NOUN in ADP the DET car NOUN park NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 fuming nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 fuming aux 3 fuming fume VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 scraped punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 scraped punct 6 Some some DET PronType=Ind 7 idiot det 7 idiot idiot NOUN Number=Sing 8 scraped nsubj 8 scraped scrape VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fuming parataxis 9 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 car nmod:poss 10 car car NOUN Number=Sing 8 scraped obj 11 in in ADP _ 14 park case 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 park det 13 car car NOUN Number=Sing 14 park compound 14 park park NOUN Number=Sing 8 scraped obl 15 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 fuming punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 3 fuming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fume present · progressive Dad tree rules 2 scrape in a quote past some idiot my car the car park vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent car=Theme in park=Trajectory
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: Leo stays quiet.
nsubj xcomp punct root Leo PROPN stays VERB quiet ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 2 stays nsubj 2 stays stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 2 stays xcomp 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 stays punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay present Leo quiet property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: Is staying quiet OK?
aux amod obj punct root Is AUX staying VERB quiet ADJ OK NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 staying aux 2 staying stay VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 3 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 4 OK amod 4 OK ok NOUN Number=Sing 2 staying obj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 staying punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay present · progressive quiet OK vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme ok=Location
The options Option 1 Yes; the stranger will never find out
discourse punct det nsubj aux advmod compound:prt root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT the DET stranger NOUN will AUX never ADV find VERB out ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 find discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 stranger det 4 stranger stranger NOUN Number=Sing 7 find nsubj 5 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 find aux 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 find advmod 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 out out ADP _ 7 find compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not find out future the stranger vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No; letting Dad believe something false on purpose is close to lying
discourse punct csubj nsubj xcomp obj amod case obl cop mark advcl root No INTJ ; PUNCT letting VERB Dad PROPN believe VERB something PRON false ADJ on ADP purpose NOUN is AUX close ADJ to SCONJ lying VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 11 close discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 letting let VERB VerbForm=Ger 11 close csubj 4 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 5 believe nsubj 5 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 letting xcomp 6 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 believe obj 7 false false ADJ Degree=Pos 6 something amod 8 on on ADP _ 9 purpose case 9 purpose purpose NOUN Number=Sing 5 believe obl 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 close cop 11 close close ADJ Degree=Pos root root 12 to to SCONJ _ 13 lying mark 13 lying lie VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 close advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let gerund tree rules 2 believe infinitive Dad something purpose vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus 3 is present letting close property tree rules 4 lie gerund letting not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 No, but only because Dad might check the cameras
discourse punct cc advmod mark nsubj aux det obj root No INTJ , PUNCT but CCONJ only ADV because SCONJ Dad PROPN might AUX check VERB the DET cameras NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 8 check discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 8 check punct 3 but but CCONJ _ 8 check cc 4 only only ADV _ 8 check advmod 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 check mark 6 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 8 check nsubj 7 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 check aux 8 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 cameras det 10 cameras camera NOUN Number=Plur 8 check obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check might Dad the cameras vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camera=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Yes; Dad said it, not Leo, so it's not a lie
The tree, 12 words discourse punct nsubj obj punct advmod ccomp punct advmod nsubj cop advmod det parataxis root Yes INTJ ; PUNCT Dad NOUN said VERB it PRON , PUNCT not PART Leo PROPN , PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX not PART a DET lie NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 said discourse 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 said nsubj 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 said obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 Leo punct 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 Leo advmod 8 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 4 said ccomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 15 lie punct 10 so so ADV _ 15 lie advmod 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 lie nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 lie cop 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 lie advmod 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 lie det 15 lie lie NOUN Number=Sing 4 said parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Dad it vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic 2 not is a present it a lie tree rules
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