Test 4 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up
Gran on the phone: "Oh love, every marriage has its rough patches, you'll get through it." What does Gran think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: marriage, you, Gran · What happens: have, get, think · To what, where: rough patches, marriage
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Gran on the phone: "Oh love, every marriage has its rough patches, you'll get through it."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 phone | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 phone | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 phone | det |
| 4 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 7 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 8 love | discourse |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 phone | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 has | punct |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 marriage | det |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 has | nsubj |
| 12 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 love | parataxis |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 patches | nmod:poss |
| 14 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 patches | amod |
| 15 | patches | patch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 has | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 get | punct |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 get | nsubj |
| 18 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 get | aux |
| 19 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 has | conj |
| 20 | through | through | ADP | _ | 21 it | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 get | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | every marriage | marriage's rough patches | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patch=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get in a quote | future | you | marriage | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through it=Destination |
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 does Gran think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · do-support | Gran | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum is going on a long walk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 walk | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 walk | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 walk | amod |
| 7 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | Mum | a long walk | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on walk=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hard times between couples are common and can be got through
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 times | amod |
| 2 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 common | nsubj |
| 3 | between | between | ADP | _ | 4 couples | case |
| 4 | couples | couple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 times | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 common | cop |
| 6 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 got | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 got | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 got | aux:pass |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 common | conj |
| 11 | through | through | ADV | _ | 10 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Hard times between couples | common property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get through | can · passive | Hard times between couples not said here | through property | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 3
The path to the house needs repairs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 path | det |
| 2 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 path | nmod |
| 6 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | repairs | repair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the path to the house | repairs | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot repair=Theme |
Option 4
Mum and Dad must divorce straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 divorce | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Dad | cc |
| 3 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 divorce | aux |
| 5 | divorce | divorce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 divorce | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | divorce | must | Mum and Dad | away property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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