Test 5 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up

Your friend says "my dad's been on the sofa all week, they're definitely getting divorced". Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, dad, they, you · What happens: say, be, get, put · To what, where: sofa, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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 friend says "my dad's been on the sofa all week, they're definitely getting divorced".

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 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 sofa	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sofa	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sofa	cop
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 sofa	cop
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 sofa	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sofa	det
11	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sofa	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 getting	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 getting	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 getting	aux
17	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	18 getting	advmod
18	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
19	divorced	divorced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 getting	xcomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 getting	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	my dad	the sofa	week		tree rules
3	get in a quote	present · progressive	they			definitely, divorced property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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		friend			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, dads always sleep on sofas

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 dads	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	dads	dad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sleep	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 sleep	advmod
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 sofas	case
7	sofas	sofa	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	present	dads			sofas		always property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, sleeping on the sofa always means a divorce is on the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 sleeping	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sleeping	punct
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 means	csubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 sofa	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sofa	det
6	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 means	advmod
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 divorce	det
10	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 way	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 way	cop
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 way	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 way	det
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund		the sofa		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	sleeping		always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a divorce	the way		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Not always; it can be a row or something simple like snoring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 row	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 row	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 row	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 row	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 row	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 row	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 row	det
8	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 something	cc
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 row	conj
11	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod
12	like	like	ADP	_	13 snoring	case
13	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 something	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	can	it	a row				always property	tree rules
2	snore	gerund							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, but only if it is more than three nights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 nights	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 more	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 more	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 more	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 more	cop
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 three	advmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	8 more	fixed
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 nights	nummod
11	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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