Test 6 · ★ · Grown-ups who argue and make up Mum: "We're seeing a counsellor on Thursdays now." Your brother groans "great, they're broken". What is closer to the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, brother · What happens: see, groan, break, be · To what, where: counsellor, great, they · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: "We're seeing a counsellor on Thursdays now."
nsubj punct punct nsubj aux det obj case obl advmod punct punct root Mum NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON 're AUX seeing VERB a DET counsellor NOUN on ADP Thursdays PROPN now ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 seeing nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 seeing punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 seeing punct 4 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 seeing nsubj 5 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 seeing aux 6 seeing see VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 counsellor det 8 counsellor counsellor NOUN Number=Sing 6 seeing obj 9 on on ADP _ 10 Thursdays case 10 Thursdays Thursday PROPN Number=Plur 6 seeing obl 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 seeing advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 seeing punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 6 seeing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 see in a quote present · progressive Mum a counsellor now; thursday vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer counsellor=Stimulus
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 brother groans "great, they're broken".
nmod:poss nsubj punct obj punct nsubj aux:pass parataxis punct punct root Your PRON brother NOUN groans VERB " PUNCT great ADJ , PUNCT they PRON 're AUX broken VERB " PUNCT . PUNCT 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 groans nsubj 3 groans groan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 great punct 5 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 3 groans obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 broken punct 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 broken nsubj 8 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 broken aux:pass 9 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 groans parataxis 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 broken punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 groans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 groan present Your brother great tree rules 2 break in a quote present · passive they vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Sentence 3: What is closer to the truth?
nsubj cop case det obl punct root What PRON is AUX closer ADJ to ADP the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 closer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 closer cop 3 closer close ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 truth case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 truth det 6 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 3 closer obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 closer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present to the truth; close property tree rules
The options Option 1 It means one of them is in trouble with the police
nsubj nsubj case nmod cop case ccomp case det nmod root It PRON means VERB one NUM of ADP them PRON is AUX in ADP trouble NOUN with ADP the DET police NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 trouble nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 5 them case 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 one nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 trouble cop 7 in in ADP _ 8 trouble case 8 trouble trouble NOUN Number=Sing 2 means ccomp 9 with with ADP _ 11 police case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 police det 11 police police NOUN Number=Plur 8 trouble nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present one of them trouble with the police tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Getting help shows they want to make things better
amod compound nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp obj xcomp root Getting VERB help NOUN shows NOUN they PRON want VERB to PART make VERB things NOUN better ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 shows amod 2 help help NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows compound 3 shows show NOUN Number=Plur root root 4 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 want nsubj 5 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 shows acl:relcl 6 to to PART _ 7 make mark 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 want xcomp 8 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 7 make obj 9 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 make xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get gerund vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 want present shows = show Getting help shows not said here tree rules 3 make not said to happen to-infinitive Getting help shows not said here things good property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product
Option 3 It means they will stop talking at home
nsubj nsubj aux ccomp xcomp case obl root It PRON means VERB they PRON will AUX stop VERB talking VERB at ADP home NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 stop nsubj 4 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 stop aux 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 6 talking talk VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 stop xcomp 7 at at ADP _ 8 home case 8 home home NOUN Number=Sing 6 talking obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present It vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 stop future they vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 talk gerund they not said here home vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Counsellors are only for couples who have already split up for good
nsubj cop advmod case nsubj:pass aux advmod acl:relcl compound:prt case obl root Counsellors NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP couples NOUN who PRON have AUX already ADV split VERB up ADP for ADP good ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Counsellors counsellor NOUN Number=Plur 5 couples nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 couples cop 3 only only ADV _ 5 couples advmod 4 for for ADP _ 5 couples case 5 couples couple NOUN Number=Plur root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 split nsubj:pass 7 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 split aux 8 already already ADV _ 9 split advmod 9 split split VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 couples acl:relcl 10 up up ADP _ 9 split compound:prt 11 for for ADP _ 12 good case 12 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 9 split obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Counsellors for couples tree rules 2 split up present · perfect · passive couples for good tree rules
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