Test 1 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Your sister whispers at the top of the stairs: "They're shouting, it's 'cos I broke the vase, isn't it?" What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, stairs, top · What happens: whisper, shout, break, not be, be · To what, where: top, vase · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Grown-ups who argue and make up» 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 sister whispers at the top of the stairs: "They're shouting, it's 'cos I broke the vase, isn't it?"

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	nsubj
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 top	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 top	det
6	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 stairs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stairs	det
9	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 top	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 shouting	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 shouting	punct
12	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 shouting	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 shouting	aux
14	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 whispers	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 it	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 it	cop
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	27 it	punct
19	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	21 broke	mark
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 broke	nsubj
21	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 it	advcl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 vase	det
23	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 broke	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 broke	punct
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 it	cop
26	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 it	advmod
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 whispers	ccomp
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	whisper speech: ask	present	Your sister		the top of the stairs	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location
2	shout speech: express in a quote	present · progressive	stairs = stair			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	break in a quote	past	Your sister = sister	the vase		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vase=Patient
4	not is a in a quote	present	top	top		tree rules

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: What is true?

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, broken vases are what most rows are about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 vases	amod
4	vases	vas	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 what	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	cop
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 rows	amod
8	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 what	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 what	cop
10	about	about	ADV	_	6 what	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	broken vases					about property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, grown-ups' arguments are not caused by a broken vase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	10 caused	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ups	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ups	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 arguments	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 ups	case
7	arguments	argument	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 caused	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 caused	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 caused	advmod
10	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 vase	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 vase	det
13	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 vase	amod
14	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caused	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not cause	present · passive		grown ups's arguments	by a broken vase	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	break	participle				vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	argue		grown ups			nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yes, so she should go down and say sorry right now before it gets worse

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 say	cc
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 go	conj
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	xcomp
11	right	right	ADV	_	12 now	advmod
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 say	advmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 gets	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 gets	nsubj
15	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	advcl
16	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	go down	should	she		down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	she not said here	now	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	get	present	it		bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

No, they are shouting because they are deaf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 shouting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 shouting	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shouting	aux
5	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 deaf	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 deaf	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 deaf	cop
9	deaf	deaf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 shouting	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present · progressive	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they					deaf property	tree rules

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