Test 7 · ★ · New partners and step-families
Auntie to Mum in the kitchen, a bit sharp: "So is it serious with Mark or just a fling?" What is she asking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Auntie, she · What happens: be, ask
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Auntie to Mum in the kitchen, a bit sharp: "So is it serious with Mark or just a fling?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sharp | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 Mum | case |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | nmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 kitchen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kitchen | det |
| 6 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bit | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sharp | obl |
| 10 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 serious | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 serious | punct |
| 13 | So | so | ADV | _ | 16 serious | advmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 serious | cop |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 serious | nsubj |
| 16 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 sharp | conj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 Mark | case |
| 18 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 serious | obl |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 fling | cc |
| 20 | just | just | ADV | _ | 22 fling | advmod |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 fling | det |
| 22 | fling | fling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Mark | conj |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 serious | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 serious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Auntie | with Mark or a fling; serious property | 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: What is she asking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 asking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asking | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asking | nsubj |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Whether Mum's relationship with Mark will last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 8 last | mark |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 relationship | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Mum | case |
| 4 | relationship | relationship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 last | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 Mark | case |
| 6 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 relationship | nmod |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 last | aux |
| 8 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | future | Mum's relationship with Mark | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Whether Mark is good at sports
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 good | mark |
| 2 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 good | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 good | cop |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 sports | case |
| 6 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 good | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mark | sports | good property | tree rules |
Option 3
Whether Mark is Mum's new boss at the office in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 7 boss | mark |
| 2 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 boss | cop |
| 4 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Mum | case |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 boss | amod |
| 7 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 office | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 office | det |
| 10 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 boss | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 town | case |
| 12 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 office | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mark | Mum's new boss | the office in town | tree rules |
Option 4
Whether Mum and Mark are cousins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 6 cousins | mark |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cousins | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Mark | cc |
| 4 | Mark | Mark | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mum | conj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cousins | cop |
| 6 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mum and Mark | cousins | 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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