Test 5 · ★ · New partners and step-families
Your mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this." Which is closest to how he feels?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, I · What happens: go, not ask, be, feel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 mate goes, "ugh his kid's in MY room every weekend now, I didn't ask for this."
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 | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 kid | punct |
| 6 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 8 kid | discourse |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 kid | nmod:poss |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | obl |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 kid | case |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 room | case |
| 11 | MY | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 room | nmod:poss |
| 12 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kid | nmod |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 weekend | det |
| 14 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 goes | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ask | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 ask | nsubj |
| 18 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 ask | aux |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 ask | advmod |
| 20 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 this | case |
| 22 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 ask | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | now; weekend | 's mate's kid in MY room | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | not ask speech: ask in a quote | past · do-support | I | for this | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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: Which is closest to how he feels?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 closest | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closest | cop |
| 3 | closest | close | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 7 feels | mark |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 feels | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 feels | nsubj |
| 7 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closest | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | close property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feel | present | mate | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Happy to have a new best friend to play with every weekend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 have | mark |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Happy | xcomp |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 friend | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 friend | amod |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 friend | amod |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 play | mark |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 friend | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 weekend | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 weekend | det |
| 12 | weekend | weekend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | to-infinitive | a new best friend | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | |||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | a new best friend not said here | weekend | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Glad to be moving to a bigger house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 moving | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 moving | aux |
| 4 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Glad | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 house | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 house | det |
| 7 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 house | amod |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | to-infinitive · progressive | a bigger house | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Upset that blending families means sharing space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 means | csubj |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 families | nsubj |
| 3 | blending | blending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 families | compound |
| 4 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Upset | ccomp |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sharing | share | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 means | xcomp |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sharing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | upset | infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | family | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | share not said to happen | gerund | space | tree rules |
Option 4
Bored because nothing has changed at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 changed | mark |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 changed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 changed | aux |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Bored | advcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 changed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · perfect · passive | nothing | home | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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