Test 1 · ★★ · A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wr…

«The teacher said Jake broke the window, so he must have, end of» What would a fair trial say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Jake, fair trial · What happens: say, break, have · To what, where: window, end · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 191 «A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 broke	nsubj
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broke	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 have	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 have	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 have	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 have	aux
13	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 end	punct
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 have	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 What	case
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 of	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 say	obj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 say	aux
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 trial	det
21	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 trial	amod
22	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 say	nsubj
23	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 end	acl:relcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	the teacher		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break in a quote	past	Jake	the window	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer window=Patient
3	have in a quote	must	Jake	end	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent end=Patient
4	say speech: assert	would	a fair trial	end	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

First look at the evidence and hear Jake; being accused is not being guilty

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 look	advmod
2	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 evidence	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 evidence	det
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 look	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hear	cc
7	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 look	conj
8	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 accused	punct
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 accused	aux:pass
11	accused	accuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 guilty	advcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 guilty	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 guilty	advmod
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 guilty	cop
15	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 look	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here		at the evidence; first property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at evidence=Theme
2	hear	infinitive	you not said here	Jake		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer jake=Stimulus
3	accuse	gerund · passive				vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»
4	not is	present			guilty property	tree rules

Option 2

Teachers are always right, so Jake is guilty and should be punished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 right	advmod
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 guilty	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 guilty	advmod
7	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 guilty	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 guilty	cop
9	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 right	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 punished	cc
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 punished	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 punished	aux:pass
13	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Teachers	always, right property	tree rules
2	is	present	Jake	guilty property	tree rules
3	punish	should · passive	Teachers not said here		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»

Option 3

Ask the class to vote on whether Jake did it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 class	det
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 vote	mark
5	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	on	on	SCONJ	_	9 did	mark
7	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	9 did	mark
8	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 vote	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 did	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the class	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic
2	vote not said to happen	to-infinitive	the class not said here		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	do	past	Jake	class	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

Jake must prove he was at home that day, or he is guilty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 prove	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 prove	aux
3	prove	prove	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 home	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 home	cop
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prove	ccomp
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prove	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 guilty	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 guilty	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 guilty	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 guilty	cop
14	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 prove	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	must	Jake		day		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Jake	home			tree rules
3	is	present	Jake			guilty property	tree rules

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