Test 5 · ★★ · When parents separate
Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare". What are they arguing about?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, Eve, kitchen, ups · What happens: grow, want, be, argue · To what, where: Christmas Eve, Boxing Day, bloody nightmare
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Grown-ups in the kitchen: "she wants Christmas Eve, he wants Boxing Day, it's a bloody nightmare".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 kitchen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kitchen | det |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ups | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 wants | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 wants | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wants | nsubj |
| 10 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ups | conj |
| 11 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Eve | compound |
| 12 | Eve | Eve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 wants | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wants | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 wants | nsubj |
| 15 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 wants | parataxis |
| 16 | Boxing | Boxing | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Day | compound |
| 17 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 wants | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 nightmare | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 nightmare | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 nightmare | cop |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 nightmare | det |
| 22 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 nightmare | amod |
| 23 | nightmare | nightmare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wants | parataxis |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 nightmare | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ups | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | want in a quote | present | she | Christmas Eve | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eve=Theme | ||||
| 3 | want in a quote | present | Eve | Boxing Day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot day=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a in a quote | present | kitchen | a bloody nightmare | 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: What are they arguing about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 arguing | obj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 arguing | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 arguing | nsubj |
| 4 | arguing | argue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 arguing | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 arguing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present · progressive | ups = up | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Which day the bins go out at Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 day | det |
| 2 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bins | det |
| 4 | bins | bin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Christmas | case |
| 8 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | present | the bins | Christmas | day | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
What to cook for Christmas dinner this year, turkey or beef or something else
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 cook | obj |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 cook | mark |
| 3 | cook | cook | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 dinner | case |
| 5 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 dinner | compound |
| 6 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cook | obl |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cook | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 turkey | punct |
| 10 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cook | parataxis |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 beef | cc |
| 12 | beef | beef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 turkey | conj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 something | cc |
| 14 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 turkey | conj |
| 15 | else | else | ADV | _ | 14 something | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | to-infinitive | year | for Christmas dinner | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent what=Material for dinner=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Which parent the children spend each part of Christmas with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spend | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 children | det |
| 4 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spend | nsubj |
| 5 | spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 part | det |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spend | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Christmas | case |
| 9 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 spend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | present | which parent | each part of Christmas | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Asset |
Option 4
Which shop to buy the presents from
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buy | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 buy | mark |
| 4 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 presents | det |
| 6 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 buy | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 buy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | to-infinitive | which shop | the presents | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme |
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