Test 9 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint Mum and Dad have been arguing about "Duck Egg" for an hour. Your little sister cries "are you getting divorced?" What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, little sister, you · What happens: argue, cry, get, divorce, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» of the adult life 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 and Dad have been arguing about "Duck Egg" for an hour.
nsubj cc conj aux aux case punct compound obl punct case det obl punct root Mum NOUN and CCONJ Dad NOUN have AUX been AUX arguing VERB about ADP " PUNCT Duck PROPN Egg PROPN " PUNCT for ADP an DET hour NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 arguing nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 Dad cc 3 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mum conj 4 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 arguing aux 5 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 6 arguing aux 6 arguing argue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 7 about about ADP _ 10 Egg case 8 " " PUNCT _ 10 Egg punct 9 Duck Duck PROPN Number=Sing 10 Egg compound 10 Egg Egg PROPN Number=Sing 6 arguing obl 11 " " PUNCT _ 10 Egg punct 12 for for ADP _ 14 hour case 13 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 hour det 14 hour hour NOUN Number=Sing 6 arguing obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 arguing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · perfect · progressive Mum and Dad hour about Duck Egg vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about egg=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.
Sentence 2: Your little sister cries "are you getting divorced?"
nmod:poss amod nsubj punct aux nsubj ccomp xcomp punct punct root Your PRON little ADJ sister NOUN cries VERB " PUNCT are AUX you PRON getting VERB divorced VERB ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 sister nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sister amod 3 sister sister NOUN Number=Sing 4 cries nsubj 4 cries cry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 getting punct 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 getting aux 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 getting nsubj 8 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 cries ccomp 9 divorced divorce VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 getting xcomp 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 getting punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 8 getting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cry speech: express present Your little sister vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get in a quote present · progressive you vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 divorce in a quote participle you not said here vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
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1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, arguing about paint is a sign of a big split
discourse punct csubj case obl cop det case det amod nmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT arguing VERB about ADP paint NOUN is AUX a DET sign NOUN of ADP a DET big ADJ split NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 sign discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 arguing punct 3 arguing argue VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 sign csubj 4 about about ADP _ 5 paint case 5 paint paint NOUN Number=Sing 3 arguing obl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 sign cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sign det 8 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of ADP _ 12 split case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 split det 11 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 12 split amod 12 split split NOUN Number=Sing 8 sign nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree gerund about paint vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about paint=Topic 2 is a present arguing a sign of a big split tree rules
Option 2 Yes, Duck Egg is a code word for a serious fight
discourse punct nsubj flat cop det compound case det amod nmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT Duck PROPN Egg PROPN is AUX a DET code NOUN word NOUN for ADP a DET serious ADJ fight NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 8 word discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 Duck Duck PROPN Number=Sing 8 word nsubj 4 Egg Egg PROPN Number=Sing 3 Duck flat 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 word cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 word det 7 code code NOUN Number=Sing 8 word compound 8 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 for for ADP _ 12 fight case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 fight det 11 serious serious ADJ Degree=Pos 12 fight amod 12 fight fight NOUN Number=Sing 8 word nmod
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1 is a present Duck a code word for a serious fight tree rules
Option 3 No, they are arguing about what to cook for tea
discourse punct nsubj aux mark obj mark xcomp case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT they PRON are AUX arguing VERB about SCONJ what PRON to PART cook VERB for ADP tea NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 arguing discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 arguing nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 arguing aux 5 arguing argue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 about about SCONJ _ 9 cook mark 7 what what PRON PronType=Int 9 cook obj 8 to to PART _ 9 cook mark 9 cook cook VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 arguing xcomp 10 for for ADP _ 11 tea case 11 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 9 cook obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · progressive they vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cook to-infinitive they not said here for tea vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Material for tea=Beneficiary
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer No, it is just two people with different tastes about a colour
discourse punct nsubj cop advmod nummod case amod nmod case det nmod root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON is AUX just ADV two NUM people NOUN with ADP different ADJ tastes NOUN about ADP a DET colour NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 people discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 people nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 people cop 5 just just ADV _ 6 two advmod 6 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 people nummod 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 with with ADP _ 10 tastes case 9 different different ADJ Degree=Pos 10 tastes amod 10 tastes taste NOUN Number=Plur 7 people nmod 11 about about ADP _ 13 colour case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 colour det 13 colour colour NOUN Number=Sing 10 tastes nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present it two people with different tastes about a colour tree rules
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