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Test 9 · ★★ · When parents separate

Mum mutters "your father's useless, always was... forget I said that, love." What can you do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: mutter, be, forget, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Mum mutters "your father's useless, always was... forget I said that, love."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	nsubj
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 useless	punct
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 useless	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 father	case
7	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 mutters	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 was	punct
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 was	advmod
10	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 useless	conj
11	...	...	PUNCT	_	12 forget	punct
12	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mutters	advcl
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 forget	ccomp
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 said	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 love	punct
17	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	parataxis
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Mum						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be in a quote	past	Mum not said here					always property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	forget in a quote	present	Mum not said here						tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What can you do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	you						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Decide that Dad really is useless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 useless	mark
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 useless	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	6 useless	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 useless	cop
6	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Decide	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	imperative	you not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Dad					useless property	tree rules

Option 2

Agree with her so she feels better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 her	case
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Agree	obl
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 feels	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	advcl
7	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here					with her = she	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with she=Co-Agent
2	feel	present	she					good property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

You don't have to agree or pass it on, and can ask her not to say it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 agree	mark
6	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 pass	cc
8	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 agree	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 pass	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	8 pass	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ask	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ask	cc
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 ask	aux
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	conj
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ask	iobj
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 say	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 say	mark
18	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 ask	xcomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	You						tree rules
2	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive	You not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass on	infinitive	You not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	can	You not said here		her = she				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5	not say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell Dad exactly what she said at the next handover in the car park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 said	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 handover	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 handover	det
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 handover	amod
10	handover	handover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 park	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 park	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 park	compound
14	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 handover	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Dad				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	she			the next handover in the car park			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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