Test 5 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps Josh, mardy: "You lied! You said sunny!" They went to the park in the rain. Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, They · What happens: lie, say, go, be · To what, where: rain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 184 «"If... then..." and its traps» 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: Josh, mardy: "You lied!
nsubj punct punct punct nsubj conj punct root Josh PROPN , PUNCT mardy ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT You PRON lied VERB ! PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 3 mardy nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 mardy punct 3 mardy mardy ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 7 lied punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 7 lied punct 6 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 lied nsubj 7 lied lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 mardy conj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 mardy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lie in a quote past You vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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: You said sunny!"
nsubj ccomp punct punct root You PRON said VERB sunny ADJ ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sunny sunny ADJ Degree=Pos 2 said ccomp 4 ! ! PUNCT _ 3 sunny punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past You vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: They went to the park in the rain.
nsubj case det obl case det obl punct root They PRON went VERB to ADP the DET park NOUN in ADP the DET rain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 went nsubj 2 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 5 park case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 park det 5 park park NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 6 in in ADP _ 8 rain case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 rain det 8 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 2 went obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go past They the rain to the park vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location
Sentence 4: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Josh; "if sunny" means they never go on rainy days
nsubj punct punct mark nsubj punct nsubj advmod ccomp case amod obl root Josh PROPN ; PUNCT " PUNCT if SCONJ sunny ADJ " PUNCT means VERB they PRON never ADV go VERB on ADP rainy ADJ days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Josh punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 sunny punct 4 if if SCONJ _ 5 sunny mark 5 sunny sunny ADJ Degree=Pos 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 sunny punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 go nsubj 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 10 go advmod 10 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 means ccomp 11 on on ADP _ 13 days case 12 rainy rainy ADJ Degree=Pos 13 days amod 13 days day NOUN Number=Plur 10 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Josh vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not go present they day vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Josh; Mum broke her word
compound punct nsubj nmod:poss obj root Josh PROPN ; PUNCT Mum NOUN broke VERB her PRON word NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Josh Josh PROPN Number=Sing 3 Mum compound 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Josh punct 3 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 broke nsubj 4 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 word nmod:poss 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 broke obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break past Josh Mum Mum's word vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Patient 2 word Mum nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Mum; she only promised what happens on sunny days
nsubj punct nsubj advmod nsubj ccomp case amod obl root Mum NOUN ; PUNCT she PRON only ADV promised VERB what PRON happens VERB on ADP sunny ADJ days NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 5 promised nsubj 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 promised punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 promised nsubj 4 only only ADV _ 5 promised advmod 5 promised promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 what what PRON PronType=Int 7 happens nsubj 7 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 promised ccomp 8 on on ADP _ 10 days case 9 sunny sunny ADJ Degree=Pos 10 days amod 10 days day NOUN Number=Plur 7 happens obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 promise speech: promise past Mum vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 happen present day vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Nobody; parks close in the rain
compound punct nsubj case det obl root Nobody PRON ; PUNCT parks NOUN close VERB in ADP the DET rain NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 parks compound 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Nobody punct 3 parks park NOUN Number=Plur 4 close nsubj 4 close close VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 in in ADP _ 7 rain case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rain det 7 rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 4 close obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 close present Nobody parks in the rain vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in rain=Topic
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