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Test 4 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong

"Acting's dead boring, I never wanted it," says Ruby, crying. What would help her most?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby · What happens: not want, say, cry, help · To what, where: Acting, Ruby · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» 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: "Acting's dead boring, I never wanted it," says Ruby, crying.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 boring	punct
2	Acting	acting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boring	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Acting	case
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boring	amod
5	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wanted	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 wanted	advmod
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boring	ccomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wanted	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wanted	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 boring	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 crying	punct
16	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 says	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want in a quote	past	Ruby	Acting					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Ruby						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cry speech: express	gerund	Ruby not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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 help her most?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 help	obj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 help	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would			Ruby				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1

Laughing at the people who got parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 people	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Laughing	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl
7	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund						at the people	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	the people	parts					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer part=Stimulus

Option 2

Telling the teacher the play is rubbish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 rubbish	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 play	det
5	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rubbish	cop
7	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		the play	the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient play=Topic
2	is a	present	Telling	rubbish					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Admitting she's disappointed, so she can try again or choose something else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 disappointed	csubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disappointed	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 disappointed	cop
4	disappointed	disappointed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 try	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 try	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 try	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 try	aux
9	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 disappointed	parataxis
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 try	advmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 choose	cc
12	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 try	conj
13	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 choose	obj
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 something	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund							vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she					disappointed property	tree rules
3	try	can	she				again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	choose	infinitive	she not said here	something					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Saying it more times until she believes it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Saying	obj
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 times	advmod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 believes	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believes	nsubj
7	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Saying	ccomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		it			time		tree rules
2	believe	present	she	it					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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