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Test 11 · ★★ · Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no eithe…

A kid from Texas: "Y'all fixin' to say I hate dogs 'cause I like cats? I never said that." What is the fair way to answer her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Y'all, kid, I, fair way · What happens: fixin, say, hate, like, not say, be · To what, where: I, dogs, cats, that, fixin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 189 «Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or» 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: A kid from Texas: "Y'all fixin' to say I hate dogs 'cause I like cats?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hate	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Texas	case
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 fixin	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 fixin	punct
7	Y'all	y'all	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 fixin	nsubj
8	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	conj
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 fixin	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fixin	acl
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj
13	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hate	obj
15	'	's	PART	_	14 dogs	case
16	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	18 like	mark
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 like	nsubj
18	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hate	advcl
19	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 like	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fixin in a quote		Y'all						tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	a kid from Texas and fixin not said here	I					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Topic
3	hate in a quote	present	a kid from Texas and fixin	dogs					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
4	like in a quote	present	I	cats					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=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 never said that."

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 said	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 said	advmod
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 said	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past	I	that					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic

Sentence 3: What is the fair way to answer her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 answer	mark
7	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 answer	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fair way						tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	the fair way not said here		fixin				vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Change the subject to horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 subject	det
3	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Change	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 horses	case
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Change	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	the subject				to horses	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 2

Say cats and dogs are the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 same	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dogs	cc
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cats	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 same	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	cats and dogs					same property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Say she hates dogs anyway, because she likes cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hates	nsubj
3	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hates	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 hates	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 likes	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 likes	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 likes	nsubj
9	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	parataxis
10	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hate	present	she	dogs				anyway property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
3	like	present	she	cats					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cat=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ask "Do you mean...?" and answer what she said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
3	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
6	...	...	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 answer	cc
10	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 said	obj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 answer	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present · do-support	you						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	answer speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here						tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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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