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Test 6 · ★★ · "If... then..." and its traps

Teacher: "A logic professor would give you a point, Lucas. I'm giving you a worksheet." Why both?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Teacher, I · What happens: give · To what, where: point, you, worksheet

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Teacher: "A logic professor would give you a point, Lucas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct
4	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 professor	det
5	logic	logic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 professor	amod
6	professor	professor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 give	aux
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 give	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 point	det
11	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Lucas	punct
13	Lucas	Lucas	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 point	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in a quote	would	Teacher	a point	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient point=Theme

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: I'm giving you a worksheet."

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 giving	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 giving	aux
3	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 giving	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 worksheet	det
6	worksheet	worksheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 giving	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · progressive	I	a worksheet	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient worksheet=Theme

Sentence 3: Why both?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Why	advcl:relcl
3	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Logic professors don't believe in games

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Logic	logic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 professors	compound
2	professors	professor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 believe	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 believe	advmod
5	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 games	case
7	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not believe	present · do-support	Logic professors			games			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The teacher doesn't understand logic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understand	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 understand	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 understand	advmod
5	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	logic	logic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not understand	present · do-support	the teacher	logic					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer logic=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Strictly he has a point, but everyone knew the deal meant "only if"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strictly	strictly	ADV	_	3 has	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 point	det
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 knew	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knew	nsubj
9	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 has	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 deal	det
11	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meant	nsubj
12	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 knew	ccomp
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 if	punct
14	only	only	ADV	_	15 if	advmod
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 meant	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 knew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	he	a point				strictly property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient
2	know	past	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	mean	past	the deal						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent if=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is wrong in logic, so he gets a worksheet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 logic	case
5	logic	logic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrong	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gets	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 worksheet	det
11	worksheet	worksheet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			logic		wrong property	tree rules
2	get	present	he	a worksheet					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer worksheet=Stimulus

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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