Test 2 · ★ · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside
"The dog ate it, swear down, Miss." What would happen if Arlo told the truth instead?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, Arlo · What happens: eat, swear down, happen, tell · To what, where: it, truth · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: "The dog ate it, swear down, Miss."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | ate | eat | 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 ate | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 swear | punct |
| 7 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ate | xcomp |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 swear | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Miss | punct |
| 10 | Miss | Miss | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 swear | vocative |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | past | the dog | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | swear down in a quote | infinitive | the dog not said here | Miss vocative | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: 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 happen if Arlo told the truth instead?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 told | mark |
| 5 | Arlo | Arlo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 told | nsubj |
| 6 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 truth | det |
| 8 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 told | obj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 6 told | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | past | Arlo | the truth | instead property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He'd be sent home from school for ever
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 | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sent | aux:pass |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ever | case |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | would · passive | He | school | home property | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from school=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He'd likely get a chance to bring it tomorrow and be trusted more
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 | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chance | det |
| 6 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bring | mark |
| 8 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chance | acl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bring | obj |
| 10 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bring | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 trusted | cc |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 trusted | aux:pass |
| 13 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 get | conj |
| 14 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | He | a chance | likely property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | bring | to-infinitive | He not said here | chance | tomorrow | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | trust | infinitive · passive | He not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» |
Option 3
Nothing; teachers don't care about the truth
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 care | punct |
| 3 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 care | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 care | advmod |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 truth | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 truth | det |
| 9 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | teachers | about the truth | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about truth=Stimulus |
Option 4
Miss would give him extra homework every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miss | miss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 give | aux |
| 3 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 give | iobj |
| 5 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 homework | amod |
| 6 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 give | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | would | Miss | extra homework | him = he | day | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient homework=Theme |
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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