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Test 8 · ★ · New partners and step-families

Your step-brother mutters, "shut up, you're not even my real brother." What is most likely behind it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: step brother, you · What happens: mutter, shut up, not be, be · To what, where: real brother, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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 step-brother mutters, "shut up, you're not even my real brother."

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	4 brother	nmod:poss
2	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brother	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 step	punct
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mutters	nsubj
5	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shut	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 shut	punct
8	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 mutters	ccomp
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 shut	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 brother	punct
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 brother	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 brother	cop
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 brother	advmod
14	even	even	ADV	_	17 brother	advmod
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 brother	nmod:poss
16	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 brother	amod
17	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mutters	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Your step brother						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	shut up in a quote	infinitive							vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	present	you	my real brother					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 most likely behind it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likely	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He has been told to say it by a parent

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	4 told	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 parent	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 parent	det
10	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · perfect · passive		He					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	it				by a parent	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is unsettled by the changes in his family

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 unsettled	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unsettled	aux:pass
3	unsettled	unsettle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 changes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 changes	det
6	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 unsettled	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unsettle	present · passive	the changes in his family	He					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Option 3

He has found out you are adopted

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 found	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 found	compound:prt
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 adopted	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 adopted	aux:pass
7	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 found	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find out	present · perfect	He						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	adopt	present · passive		you					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

He wants to be your best friend

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 friend	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 friend	cop
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	your best friend					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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