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Test 5 · "Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons

Ollie's sister: "Bro got scammed by his own dad." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: own dad, Bro · What happens: scam, mean · To what, where: Bro

This is test 5 of lesson 163 «"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons» of the world 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: Ollie's sister: "Bro got scammed by his own dad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ollie	case
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 scammed	punct
6	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scammed	nsubj:pass
7	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 scammed	aux:pass
8	scammed	scam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sister	parataxis
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 dad	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 dad	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dad	amod
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scammed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sister	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scam in a quote	past · passive	Ollie's own dad	Bro					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 does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Bro						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ollie tricked Dad out of the carrots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 carrots	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 carrots	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carrots	det
7	carrots	carrot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	Ollie	Dad		the carrots			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Patient

Option 2

Dad gave Ollie more dessert than he had promised him at first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	iobj
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 dessert	amod
5	dessert	dessert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	9 promised	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 promised	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 promised	aux
9	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 gave	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 promised	iobj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 first	case
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 promised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Dad	more dessert	Ollie				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ollie=Recipient dessert=Theme
2	promise speech: promise	past · perfect	Dad		Ollie				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Dad changed the deal after Ollie kept his side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	nsubj
2	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 changed	obj
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 kept	mark
6	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj
7	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 changed	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 side	nmod:poss
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	Dad	the deal					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deal=Patient
2	keep	past	Ollie	Ollie's side					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 4

Dad sold Ollie's dessert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	nsubj
2	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dessert	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ollie	case
5	dessert	dessert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sold	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	Dad	Ollie's dessert					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dessert=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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