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Test 1 · ★ · New partners and step-families

Overheard on the phone: "I think it's time the kids met Tom, it's getting serious." What is going on?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, phone, kids · What happens: overhear, think, be, meet, get, go on · To what, where: phone, time, Tom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» 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 on the phone: "I think it's time the kids met Tom, it's getting serious."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Overheard	obl
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 think	nsubj
8	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Overheard	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 time	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 time	cop
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 think	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kids	det
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 met	nsubj
14	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 time	acl:relcl
15	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 met	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 getting	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 getting	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 getting	aux
19	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 think	advcl
20	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 getting	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle				the phone			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	think speech: other in a quote	present	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	phone	time					tree rules
4	meet in a quote	past	the kids	Tom					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tom=Co-Agent
5	get in a quote	present · progressive	phone					serious property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Mum is hiring a babysitter called Tom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hiring	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hiring	aux
3	hiring	hire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 babysitter	det
5	babysitter	babysitter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hiring	obj
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 babysitter	acl
7	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hire	present · progressive	Mum	a babysitter					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent babysitter=Theme
2	call	participle		a babysitter not said here	Tom				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mum's new partner is about to meet the children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 partner	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mum	case
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 partner	amod
4	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 about	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 about	cop
6	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 meet	mark
8	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 about	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 meet	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum's new partner					about property	tree rules
2	meet	to-infinitive	Mum's new partner not said here	the children					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent

Option 3

Tom is a new boy in the children's class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 boy	amod
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 class	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 children	case
10	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Tom	a new boy		the children's class			tree rules

Option 4

Mum is in trouble at work with Tom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trouble	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trouble	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 trouble	case
4	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 work	case
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trouble	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Tom	case
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mum			trouble		at work; with Tom	tree rules

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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