Test 3 · ★★ · When parents separate
Your brother says "Mum saw a solicitor, so she's in trouble with the police". Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Mum, you · What happens: say, see, be, put · To what, where: solicitor, trouble, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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 brother says "Mum saw a solicitor, so she's in trouble with the police".
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 saw | punct |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | nsubj |
| 6 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 solicitor | det |
| 8 | solicitor | solicitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 trouble | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 trouble | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 trouble | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 trouble | cop |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 trouble | case |
| 14 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 saw | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 police | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 police | det |
| 17 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 trouble | nmod |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 trouble | 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 brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see in a quote | past | Mum | a solicitor | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer solicitor=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Mum | trouble | with the police | tree rules |
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 | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, solicitors are a kind of police officer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | solicitors | solicitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 officer | case |
| 8 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 officer | compound |
| 9 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | solicitors | a kind | of police officer | tree rules |
Option 2
No, a solicitor is a doctor for families
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 doctor | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 solicitor | det |
| 4 | solicitor | solicitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doctor | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 doctor | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 doctor | det |
| 7 | doctor | doctor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 families | case |
| 9 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 doctor | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a solicitor | a doctor | for families | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, a solicitor helps with legal paperwork like a divorce
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 helps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 solicitor | det |
| 4 | solicitor | solicitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helps | nsubj |
| 5 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 paperwork | case |
| 7 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 paperwork | amod |
| 8 | paperwork | paperwork | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helps | obl |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 divorce | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 divorce | det |
| 11 | divorce | divorce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paperwork | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | a solicitor | with legal paperwork like a divorce | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with paperwork=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, solicitors only see people who have broken the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | solicitors | solicitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 broken | nsubj |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 broken | aux |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 people | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 law | det |
| 11 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 broken | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | solicitors | people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | break | present · perfect | people | the law | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient |
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