Test 8 · Check the claim, not the person The teacher: "His facts were spot on. You might want to check yours before you check his words." What does the teacher mean?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: facts, You, teacher · What happens: be, want, check, word, mean · To what, where: yours, words
This is test 8 of lesson 188 «Check the claim, not the person» 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: The teacher: "His facts were spot on.
det punct punct nmod:poss nsubj cop compound conj punct root The DET teacher NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT His PRON facts NOUN were AUX spot ADV on ADV . PUNCT 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 root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 9 on punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 9 on punct 5 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 facts nmod:poss 6 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 9 on nsubj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 on cop 8 spot spot ADV _ 9 on compound 9 on on ADV _ 2 teacher conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 teacher punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote past teacher's facts on property 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: You might want to check yours before you check his words."
nsubj aux mark xcomp obj mark nsubj advcl nmod:poss obj punct punct root You PRON might AUX want VERB to PART check VERB yours PRON before SCONJ you PRON check VERB his PRON words NOUN . 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 3 want nsubj 2 might might AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 want aux 3 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 to to PART _ 5 check mark 5 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 want xcomp 6 yours your PRON Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 check obj 7 before before SCONJ _ 9 check mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 check nsubj 9 check check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 check advcl 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 words nmod:poss 11 words word NOUN Number=Plur 9 check obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 want punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 3 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want might You vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 check not said to happen to-infinitive You not said here yours vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent your=Theme 3 check present you teacher's words vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme 4 word teacher nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 3: What does the teacher mean?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX the DET teacher NOUN mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 teacher det 4 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 5 mean nsubj 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support the teacher vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer A small slip doesn't make the facts wrong
det amod nsubj aux advmod det obj xcomp root A DET small ADJ slip NOUN does AUX n't PART make VERB the DET facts NOUN wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 slip det 2 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 3 slip amod 3 slip slip NOUN Number=Sing 6 make nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 make aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 make advmod 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 facts det 8 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 6 make obj 9 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 6 make xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not make present · do-support a small slip the facts wrong property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material fact=Product
Option 2 Speaking matters more than facts
nsubj advmod case obl root Speaking VERB matters VERB more ADV than ADP facts NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Speaking speak VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 matters nsubj 2 matters matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 2 matters advmod 4 than than ADP _ 5 facts case 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 2 matters obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other gerund vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 matter present than facts vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Nobody should ever correct a word
nsubj aux advmod det obj root Nobody PRON should AUX ever ADV correct VERB a DET word NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 correct nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 correct aux 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 correct advmod 4 correct correct VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 correct obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 correct speech: disagree should Nobody a word ever vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent word=Patient
Option 4 One wrong word makes the whole project wrong
nummod amod nsubj det amod obj xcomp root One NUM wrong ADJ word NOUN makes VERB the DET whole ADJ project NOUN wrong ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 One one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 word nummod 2 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 3 word amod 3 word word NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 project det 6 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 7 project amod 7 project project NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes obj 8 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 4 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present One wrong word the whole project wrong property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset project=Product
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