Test 9 · ★ · Honest with yourself: excuses, pride and the truth inside
The judge asks, "Why did you say the other team had a good point?" Which is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge, you, other team · What happens: ask, say, have, be · To what, where: good point, best answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 judge asks, "Why did you say the other team had a good point?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 judge | det |
| 2 | judge | judge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 6 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 say | advmod |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | aux |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 say | nsubj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 team | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 team | amod |
| 12 | team | team | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | ccomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 point | det |
| 15 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 point | amod |
| 16 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the judge | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past · do-support | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | have in a quote | past | the other team | a good point | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |
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: Which is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
I was trying to make them lose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 trying | aux |
| 3 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 trying | xcomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | I | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lose not said to happen | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
I forgot what my point was
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 forgot | ccomp |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 point | nmod:poss |
| 5 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 what | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | I | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | my point | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | point | my | nom point «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
I wanted to finish early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 finish | mark |
| 4 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 finish | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | finish not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | early property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Admitting a good point is honest, and judges give points for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admitting | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 honest | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 point | amod |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Admitting | obj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 honest | cop |
| 6 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 give | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 give | cc |
| 9 | judges | judge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 give | nsubj |
| 10 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 honest | conj |
| 11 | points | point | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 give | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | gerund | a good point | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Admitting | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | present | judges | points | for point | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent point=Theme for it=Asset |
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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