Test 4 · ★★ · When parents separate
Aunt Lou on the phone: "Signed, sealed, it's final as of this morning, how's she holding up?" What has happened?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phone, Lou · What happens: sign, seal, be, hold up, happen · To what, where: phone
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Aunt Lou on the phone: "Signed, sealed, it's final as of this morning, how's she holding up?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | Aunt | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Lou | compound |
| 2 | Lou | Lou | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 phone | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 phone | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 phone | det |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Signed | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Signed | punct |
| 8 | Signed | sign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 phone | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sealed | punct |
| 10 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Signed | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 final | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 final | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 final | cop |
| 14 | final | final | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 phone | conj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 18 morning | case |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 as | fixed |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 morning | det |
| 18 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 final | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 holding | punct |
| 20 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 holding | advmod |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 holding | aux |
| 22 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 holding | nsubj |
| 23 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 final | advcl |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 holding | compound:prt |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 23 holding | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 holding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sign in a quote | participle | the phone not said here | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | seal in a quote | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | phone | morning | final property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | hold up in a quote | present · progressive | Lou | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
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 has happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | aux |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The divorce has become official
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 divorce | det |
| 2 | divorce | divorce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 become | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 become | aux |
| 4 | become | become | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · perfect | the divorce | official property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Someone has passed a driving test
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 passed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 passed | aux |
| 3 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 test | det |
| 5 | driving | driving | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 test | compound |
| 6 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present · perfect | Someone | a driving test | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme test=Trajectory |
Option 3
A new wedding has been booked for May
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 wedding | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wedding | amod |
| 3 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 booked | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 booked | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 booked | aux:pass |
| 6 | booked | book | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 May | case |
| 8 | May | May | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 booked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | book | present · perfect · passive | a new wedding | may | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The family house has finally been sold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 house | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 house | compound |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sold | aux |
| 5 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 7 sold | advmod |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 sold | aux:pass |
| 7 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present · perfect · passive | the family house | finally property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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