Test 10 · ★ · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside
Danny's mate says, "Just say you defo didn't touch it, they can't prove it." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, defo, they · What happens: say, not touch, not prove, be · To what, where: you, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 98 «Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside» 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: Danny's mate says, "Just say you defo didn't touch it, they can't prove it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny | Danny | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Danny | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 7 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 8 say | advmod |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 say | obj |
| 10 | defo | defo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 touch | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 touch | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 touch | advmod |
| 13 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 say | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 touch | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 prove | punct |
| 16 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 prove | nsubj |
| 17 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 prove | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 prove | advmod |
| 19 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 touch | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 prove | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Danny's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | infinitive | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent you=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not touch in a quote | past · do-support | defo | mate | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | ||||
| 4 | not prove in a quote | can | they | mate | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Claiming certainty you don't have is not honest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claiming | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 honest | csubj |
| 2 | certainty | certainty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Claiming | obj |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 have | advmod |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 certainty | acl:relcl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 honest | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 honest | advmod |
| 9 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | gerund | certainty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent certainty=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not have | present · do-support | you | certainty not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent certainty=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not is | present | Claiming | honest property | tree rules |
Option 2
He should say he touched it on purpose, to be extra honest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 touched | nsubj |
| 5 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | ccomp |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 touched | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 purpose | case |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 touched | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 honest | punct |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 honest | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 honest | cop |
| 12 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 honest | amod |
| 13 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 say | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | He | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | touch | past | he | it | purpose | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | honest property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing; you should always say "defo"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 say | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 say | advmod |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 defo | punct |
| 8 | defo | defo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 defo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | you | defo | always property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent defo=Topic |
Option 4
It only matters in professional games
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 | 3 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matters | advmod |
| 3 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 games | case |
| 5 | professional | professional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 games | amod |
| 6 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 matters | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | It | professional games | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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