Test 4 · ★★ · Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling
Mia's friend cries, "If you tell, I'll never speak to you again!" about her dad's temper. What wins?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, dad · What happens: cry, tell, not speak, temper, win · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 99 «Olympiad dilemmas: friends, truth and telling» 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: Mia's friend cries, "If you tell, I'll never speak to you again!" about her dad's temper.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cries | nsubj |
| 4 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 speak | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 speak | punct |
| 7 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 tell | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 tell | nsubj |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 speak | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 speak | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 speak | aux |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 speak | advmod |
| 14 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cries | ccomp |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 you | case |
| 16 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 speak | obl |
| 17 | again | again | ADV | _ | 14 speak | advmod |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 cries | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cries | punct |
| 20 | about | about | ADP | _ | 24 temper | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 dad | nmod:poss |
| 22 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 temper | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 dad | case |
| 24 | temper | temper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cries | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | Mia's friend | about friend's dad's temper | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not speak speech: other in a quote | future | Mia's friend = friend | you | again | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | temper | friend's dad | nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=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 wins?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 wins | nsubj |
| 2 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wins | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her dad she's scared of him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scared | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 scared | cop |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 scared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | of him = he; scared property | tree rules |
Option 2
The promise; say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 promise | det |
| 2 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 promise | acl |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | the promise not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 3
Lie for her and hope it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Lie | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 hope | cc |
| 5 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lie | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hope | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | imperative | you not said here | for her = she | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her safety; tell a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 safety | nmod:poss |
| 2 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 safety | punct |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 adult | det |
| 6 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 adult | amod |
| 7 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | Her safety | a trusted adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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