Test 3 · ★ · New partners and step-families
Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings." What new siblings are meant?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gossip, poor kid · What happens: remarry, get, mean · To what, where: whole new lot, new siblings
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 remarrying | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 gate | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gate | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gate | compound |
| 5 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | nmod |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 remarrying | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 remarrying | punct |
| 8 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 remarrying | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 remarrying | aux |
| 11 | remarrying | remarry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 got | punct |
| 13 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 kid | amod |
| 14 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 got | aux |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 remarrying | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 lot | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 lot | amod |
| 19 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 lot | amod |
| 20 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 got | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 siblings | case |
| 22 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 lot | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 got | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 remarrying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remarry in a quote | present · progressive | Gossip at the school gate | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | poor kid | a whole new lot of siblings | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
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 new siblings are meant?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 meant | obj |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 siblings | amod |
| 3 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 meant | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 meant | aux:pass |
| 5 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 meant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · passive | new siblings | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Step-siblings, the children of Mum's new husband
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 siblings | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Step | punct |
| 3 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 children | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 children | det |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 siblings | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 husband | case |
| 8 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 husband | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Mum | case |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 husband | amod |
| 11 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 children | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Twins who have just been born
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 born | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 born | aux |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 born | advmod |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Twins | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | present · perfect · passive | Twins | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Half-siblings, born to his own mum and dad after the wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 siblings | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Half | punct |
| 3 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 born | punct |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 siblings | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 mum | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mum | amod |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dad | cc |
| 11 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mum | conj |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 wedding | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wedding | det |
| 14 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | Half siblings not said here | after the wedding | to his own mum and dad | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Cousins who live with him now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cousins | acl:relcl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 live | obl |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Cousins | now | with him = he | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location |
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