Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: logic traps and if-then ★★★ Mum: "So it's 'not untrue' that you ate the whole cake?" Max: "Technically I didn't say I ate it!" What did Max really admit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, you, I, Max · What happens: not be, eat, not say, admit · To what, where: whole cake, cake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 193 «Olympiad: logic traps and if-then ★★★» 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: Mum: "So it's 'not untrue' that you ate the whole cake?"
punct punct advmod nsubj cop punct advmod parataxis punct mark nsubj advcl det amod obj punct punct root Mum NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT So ADV it PRON 's AUX ' PUNCT not PART untrue ADJ ' PUNCT that SCONJ you PRON ate VERB the DET whole ADJ cake NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Mum punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 9 untrue punct 4 So so ADV _ 9 untrue advmod 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 untrue nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 untrue cop 7 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 untrue punct 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 untrue advmod 9 untrue untrue ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Mum parataxis 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 9 untrue punct 11 that that SCONJ _ 13 ate mark 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 ate nsubj 13 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 untrue advcl 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 cake det 15 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 16 cake amod 16 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 13 ate obj 17 ? ? PUNCT _ 9 untrue punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 9 untrue punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is in a quote present it untrue property tree rules 2 eat in a quote past you the whole cake vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient
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: Max: "Technically I didn't say I ate it!"
punct punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis nsubj ccomp obj punct punct root Max PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Technically ADV I PRON did AUX n't PART say VERB I PRON ate VERB it PRON ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 8 say punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 say punct 4 Technically technically ADV _ 8 say advmod 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 say nsubj 6 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 say aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 say advmod 8 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Max parataxis 9 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 ate nsubj 10 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 say ccomp 11 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 ate obj 12 ! ! PUNCT _ 1 Max punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 1 Max punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: express in a quote past · do-support I technically property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 eat in a quote past I cake vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Sentence 3: What did Max really admit?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON did AUX Max PROPN really ADV admit VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 admit obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 admit aux 3 Max Max PROPN Number=Sing 5 admit nsubj 4 really really ADV _ 5 admit advmod 5 admit admit VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 admit punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 admit speech: other past · do-support Max vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice That the cake was not true
det det nsubj cop advmod root That DET the DET cake NOUN was AUX not PART true ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 cake det 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cake det 3 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 true nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 true cop 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 true advmod 6 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is past that cake true property tree rules
Option 2 That he didn't eat it
obl nsubj aux advmod obj root That PRON he PRON did AUX n't PART eat VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 5 eat obl 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 eat nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 eat aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 eat advmod 5 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 eat obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not eat past · do-support he That vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer That he ate it
nsubj nsubj obj root That PRON he PRON ate VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 ate nsubj 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ate nsubj 3 ate eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ate obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat past That it vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
Option 4 That he can't remember
nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl root That PRON he PRON ca AUX n't PART remember VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem root root 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 remember nsubj 3 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 remember aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 remember advmod 5 remember remember VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 That acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not remember can he vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
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