Test 8 · ★ · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside
Mo says, "Screen time apps lie, it's like an hour, max." What would be honest with himself?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mo, time apps, it · What happens: say, lie, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Mo says, "Screen time apps lie, it's like an hour, max."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lie | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 lie | punct |
| 5 | Screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | compound |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 apps | compound |
| 7 | apps | app | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lie | nsubj |
| 8 | lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hour | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hour | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 hour | cop |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 hour | case |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 hour | det |
| 14 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lie | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 max | punct |
| 16 | max | max | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hour | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 lie | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 lie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lie in a quote | present | time apps | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | it | like a hour and max | tree rules |
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 honest with himself?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 honest | cop |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 himself | case |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 honest | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | with Mo; honest property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Delete the app so he doesn't know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 app | det |
| 3 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 know | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 know | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 know | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 know | advmod |
| 8 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Delete | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | the app | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent app=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Say "an hour" until it becomes true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hour | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hour | det |
| 4 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 hour | punct |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 becomes | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 becomes | nsubj |
| 8 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | advcl |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 becomes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | hour | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | become | present | it | true property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Check the real number and face it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 number | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 number | amod |
| 4 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 face | cc |
| 6 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 number | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the real number and face | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: agent=Agent number=Theme it=Attribute |
Option 4
Ask his mum to guess for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 guess | mark |
| 5 | guess | guess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 guess | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | his mum | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | guess not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for him = he | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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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