Test 1 · ★★ · When parents separate
Your friend says "my parents are splitting up 'cos I kept fighting with my brother". What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, parents · What happens: say, split up, keep, fight, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 15 «When parents separate» 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 parents are splitting up 'cos I kept fighting with my brother".
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 | _ | 8 splitting | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parents | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 splitting | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 splitting | aux |
| 8 | splitting | split | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 splitting | compound:prt |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 splitting | punct |
| 11 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 13 kept | mark |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 kept | nsubj |
| 13 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 splitting | advcl |
| 14 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 kept | xcomp |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 brother | case |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 brother | nmod:poss |
| 17 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fighting | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 fighting | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | 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 | split up in a quote | present · progressive | my parents | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | keep in a quote | past | Your friend = friend | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | fight in a quote | gerund | Your friend = friend not said here | with my brother | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with brother=Co-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: 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 · ✓ the right answer
No, children do not cause their parents to split up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cause | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 cause | advmod |
| 6 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 parents | nmod:poss |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cause | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 split | mark |
| 10 | split | split | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cause | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 split | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cause | present · do-support | children | children's parents | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition parent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | split up | to-infinitive | children not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, so she should stop and they'll stay together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 stop | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | aux |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 stay | cc |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 stay | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 stay | aux |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stop | conj |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 10 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stay together | future | they | together property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, fighting with brothers and sisters often causes a divorce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 fighting | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fighting | punct |
| 3 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 causes | csubj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fighting | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sisters | cc |
| 7 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 brothers | conj |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 9 causes | advmod |
| 9 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 divorce | det |
| 11 | divorce | divorce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 causes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | gerund | with brothers and sisters | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with brother=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | cause | present | fighting | a divorce | often property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition divorce=Patient |
Option 4
No, it is because of her brother only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 brother | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brother | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brother | cop |
| 5 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 8 brother | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 because | fixed |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 brother | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | because her brother | tree rules |
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