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Test 10 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Mum and Dad hug and kiss in the hallway. Your little sister says "yuck, they must be getting married again". What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, little sister · What happens: hug, kiss, say, marry, be · To what, where: hallway, yuck, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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: Mum and Dad hug and kiss in the hallway.

nsubjccconjccconjcasedetoblpunctrootMumNOUNandCCONJDadNOUNhugVERBandCCONJkissVERBinADPtheDEThallwayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing4 hugnsubj
2andandCCONJ_3 Dadcc
3DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing1 Mumconj
4hughugVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5andandCCONJ_6 kisscc
6kisskissVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 hugconj
7ininADP_9 hallwaycase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 hallwaydet
9hallwayhallwayNOUNNumber=Sing6 kissobl
10..PUNCT_4 hugpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hugpresentMum and Dadvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2kisspresentMum and Dad not said herethe hallwayvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 says "yuck, they must be getting married again".

nmod:possamodnsubjpunctobjpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passaux:passccompadvmodpunctpunctrootYourPRONlittleADJsisterNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTyuckNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONmustAUXbeAUXgettingAUXmarriedVERBagainADV"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 sisternmod:poss
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos3 sisteramod
3sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_6 yuckpunct
6yuckyuckNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysobj
7,,PUNCT_12 marriedpunct
8theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 marriednsubj:pass
9mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin12 marriedaux
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf12 marriedaux:pass
11gettinggetAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 marriedaux:pass
12marriedmarryVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 saysccomp
13againagainADV_12 marriedadvmod
14""PUNCT_12 marriedpunct
15..PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour little sisteryucktree rules
2marry in a quotemust · passiveMumagainvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Sentence 3: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Kissing in the hall means they had a row

csubjcasedetoblnsubjccompdetobjrootKissingVERBinADPtheDEThallNOUNmeansVERBtheyPRONhadVERBaDETrowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KissingkissVERBVerbForm=Ger5 meanscsubj
2ininADP_4 hallcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 halldet
4hallhallNOUNNumber=Sing1 Kissingobl
5meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 hadnsubj
7hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 meansccomp
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 rowdet
9rowrowNOUNNumber=Sing7 hadobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1kissgerundthe hallvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentKissingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3havepasttheya rowvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Grown-ups in love just show affection with hugs and kisses

amodpunctnsubjcasenmodadvmodobjcaseoblccconjrootGrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNinADPloveNOUNjustADVshowVERBaffectionNOUNwithADPhugsNOUNandCCONJkissesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrowngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 upsamod
2--PUNCT_1 Grownpunct
3upsupNOUNNumber=Plur7 shownsubj
4ininADP_5 lovecase
5loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing3 upsnmod
6justjustADV_7 showadvmod
7showshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8affectionaffectionNOUNNumber=Sing7 showobj
9withwithADP_10 hugscase
10hugshugNOUNNumber=Plur7 showobl
11andandCCONJ_12 kissescc
12kisseskissNOUNNumber=Plur10 hugsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2showpresentGrown ups in loveaffectionwith hugs and kissesvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent affection=Recipient

Option 3

Kissing means they will have a second wedding next summer with all the family

nsubjnsubjauxccompdetamodobjamodobl:unmarkedcasedet:predetdetoblrootKissingVERBmeansVERBtheyPRONwillAUXhaveVERBaDETsecondADJweddingNOUNnextADJsummerNOUNwithADPallDETtheDETfamilyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KissingkissVERBVerbForm=Ger2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 havensubj
4willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin5 haveaux
5havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf2 meansccomp
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 weddingdet
7secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord8 weddingamod
8weddingweddingNOUNNumber=Sing5 haveobj
9nextnextADJDegree=Pos10 summeramod
10summersummerNOUNNumber=Sing5 haveobl:unmarked
11withwithADP_14 familycase
12allallDETPronType=Tot14 familydet:predet
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 familydet
14familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing5 haveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1kissgerundvn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3havefuturetheya second weddingsummerwith all familyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient

Option 4

They are pretending for a photo

nsubjauxcasedetoblrootTheyPRONareAUXpretendingVERBforADPaDETphotoNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs3 pretendingnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 pretendingaux
3pretendingpretendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4forforADP_6 photocase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 photodet
6photophotoNOUNNumber=Sing3 pretendingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pretendpresent · progressiveTheyfor a phototree rules

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