Test 6 · ★ · New partners and step-families
Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby." What will the baby be to you?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, baby · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Dad says, "Me and Jo are having a baby."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 5 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 having | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 Jo | cc |
| 7 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Me | conj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 having | aux |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 baby | det |
| 11 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 having | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 having | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present · progressive | Dad | a baby | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient |
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 will the baby be to you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 you | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 you | nsubj |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 you | cop |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | the baby | to you | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A half-sibling, because you share Dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sibling | det |
| 2 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 4 sibling | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 half | punct |
| 4 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 share | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 share | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 share | nsubj |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sibling | acl:relcl |
| 9 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | you | Dad | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, because you live with Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 live | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 live | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 live | nsubj |
| 5 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 Mum | case |
| 7 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | you | with Mum | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location |
Option 3
A step-sibling, because Jo is not your mum and never will be
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sibling | det |
| 2 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sibling | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 step | punct |
| 4 | sibling | sibling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 mum | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 mum | mark |
| 7 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 mum | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 mum | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 mum | advmod |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sibling | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 mum | cc |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 be | advmod |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 be | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sibling | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Jo | your mum | tree rules |
Option 4
A cousin, because it is Jo's baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cousin | det |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 baby | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 baby | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 baby | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 baby | cop |
| 7 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 baby | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Jo | case |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | Jo's baby | 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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