Test 2 · ★★ · When parents separate

overheard: "the solicitor says we can sort the house and the kids' arrangements without going to court". What is being sorted?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: solicitor, we, kids · What happens: overhear, say, sort, go, arrange · To what, where: house, court · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: overheard: "the solicitor says we can sort the house and the kids' arrangements without going to court".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 solicitor	det
5	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 overheard	conj
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 sort	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sort	aux
9	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sort	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 arrangements	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kids	det
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 arrangements	nmod:poss
15	'	's	PART	_	14 kids	case
16	arrangements	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sort	conj
17	without	without	SCONJ	_	18 going	mark
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sort	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 court	mark
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 going	xcomp
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 court	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	overhear	past			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the solicitor		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	sort in a quote	can	we	the house	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
4	go in a quote	gerund	we not said here	court	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	arrange in a quote		the kids		nom arrangement «cognition transitive»: poss=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 being sorted?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 sorted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorted	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sorted	aux:pass
4	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	present · passive							vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Who is to blame for the separation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 blame	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 blame	cop
3	to	to	PART	_	4 blame	mark
4	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 separation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 separation	det
7	separation	separation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blame	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for the separation; blame property	tree rules

Option 2

A police case against one of the parents for something they did wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 case	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 case	compound
3	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 did	nsubj
4	against	against	ADP	_	5 one	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 case	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 parents	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 parents	det
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 did	obl
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 did	nsubj
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 did	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	a police case against one of the parents					for something; wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Money, the home and the plan for the children after the split

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 home	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 home	det
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Money	conj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 plan	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Money	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plan	nmod
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 split	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 split	det
13	split	split	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A school holiday for the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 holiday	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holiday	compound
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holiday	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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