Test 9 · Dates, engagements and weddings
Your brother says "Mum's crying, the wedding must be going wrong". Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Mum, wedding, you · What happens: say, cry, go, put · To what, where: wedding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 13 «Dates, engagements and weddings» 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: Your brother says "Mum's crying, the wedding must be going wrong".
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 | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 crying | punct |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 crying | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 crying | aux |
| 7 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 going | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wedding | det |
| 10 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 going | nsubj |
| 11 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 going | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 going | aux |
| 13 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 going | xcomp |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 going | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | present · progressive | Mum | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | go in a quote | must · progressive | the wedding | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | wedding | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups can cry happy tears when they feel love and pride
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cry | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 cry | aux |
| 5 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tears | amod |
| 7 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cry | obj |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 feel | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 feel | nsubj |
| 10 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cry | advcl |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 feel | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 pride | cc |
| 13 | pride | pride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 love | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | can | Grown ups | happy tears | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Topic | ||||
| 3 | feel | present | ups = up | love and pride | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme |
Option 2
Crying always means something has gone badly wrong with the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Crying | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | aux |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 wrong | advmod |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gone | xcomp |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Crying | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | go | present · perfect | something | day | wrong property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
She is crying because weddings are boring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 crying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 crying | aux |
| 3 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 boring | mark |
| 5 | weddings | wedding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 boring | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boring | cop |
| 7 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | She | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | weddings | boring property | tree rules |
Option 4
She is crying because the food was cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 crying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 crying | aux |
| 3 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 cold | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 food | det |
| 6 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 crying | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | She | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the food | cold property | tree rules |
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