Test 11 · ★★ · When parents separate

Your friend at school says "you've got two bedrooms? lucky, I wish my parents split up". How could you answer honestly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, parents · What happens: say, get, wish, split up, answer · To what, where: two bedrooms · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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 at school says "you've got two bedrooms? lucky, I wish my parents split up".

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	5 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
8	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 got	aux
9	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	ccomp
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 bedrooms	nummod
11	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 got	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
13	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 got	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wish	punct
15	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 wish	nsubj
16	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
17	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 parents	nmod:poss
18	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 split	nsubj
19	split	split	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 wish	ccomp
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 split	compound:prt
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 wish	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Your friend at school		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	present · perfect	you	two bedrooms	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bedroom=Stimulus
3	wish in a quote	present	Your friend at school = friend		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	split up in a quote	past	my parents		vn interact-36.6 «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: How could you answer honestly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 answer	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 answer	nsubj
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	4 answer	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	could	you					honestly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, two bedrooms means you are in trouble

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 bedrooms	nummod
4	bedrooms	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 trouble	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 trouble	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 trouble	case
9	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	two bedrooms						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you			trouble			tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It can be okay, but it also means missing one parent a lot

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	4 okay	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 okay	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 okay	cop
4	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 means	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 means	nsubj
8	also	also	ADV	_	9 means	advmod
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 okay	parataxis
10	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 means	xcomp
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 parent	nummod
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 missing	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lot	det
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 missing	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	can	It		okay property	tree rules
2	mean	present	it			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	miss not said to happen	gerund		one parent	a lot obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, everyone should want their parents to split up and get two of everything

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 want	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 want	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 want	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 split	mark
9	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 want	xcomp
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 split	compound:prt
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 get	cc
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 split	conj
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 get	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 everything	case
15	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	should	everyone	their parents		tree rules
2	split up not said to happen	to-infinitive	their parents not said here			vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	infinitive	their parents not said here	two	of everything	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, it is only good and never hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 good	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 good	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hard	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 good	conj

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

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