Test 2 · ★ · New partners and step-families

Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, girlfriend, Mum, you · What happens: say, be, not be, put · To what, where: new mum, mum, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your little brother says, "Dad's girlfriend is our new mum now, so Mum's not our mum any more."

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mum	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mum	punct
7	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 girlfriend	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Dad	case
9	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mum	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mum	cop
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 mum	amod
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mum	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mum	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	21 mum	advmod
17	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 mum	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 mum	cop
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 mum	advmod
20	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 mum	nmod:poss
21	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
22	any	any	ADV	_	23 more	advmod
23	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	21 mum	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 mum	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 mum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your little brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	Dad's girlfriend	our new mum	now	tree rules
3	not is a in a quote	present	Mum	our mum		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 · ✓ the right answer

Mum is still our mum; Dad's partner could be a step-mum

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mum	cop
3	still	still	ADV	_	5 mum	advmod
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 mum	punct
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 partner	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Dad	case
9	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mum	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 mum	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 mum	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mum	det
13	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mum	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 step	punct
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mum	our mum and a step mum			still		tree rules
2	is a	could	Dad's partner	a step mum					tree rules

Option 2

He's right, but only at weekends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 weekends	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 weekends	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 weekends	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 weekends	case
8	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He				weekend	right property	tree rules

Option 3

He's right, the new partner replaces Mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 replaces	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 partner	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 partner	amod
7	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 replaces	nsubj
8	replaces	replace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
9	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 replaces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	replace	present	the new partner	Mum					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mum=Co-Theme

Option 4

Mum stops being Mum only if they marry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Mum	cop
4	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obj
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 marry	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 marry	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marry	nsubj
8	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stops	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	present	Mum		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is a	gerund		Mum	tree rules
3	marry a condition, not said to happen	present	they		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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