Test 1 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Overheard: Mum on the phone, "Christmas at your mother's again? Fine. FINE." What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: overhear, go on
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» 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: Overheard: Mum on the phone, "Christmas at your mother's again?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mum | punct |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Overheard | obl:agent |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 phone | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 phone | det |
| 6 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Mum | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Christmas | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Christmas | punct |
| 9 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Mum | conj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 mother | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Christmas | nmod |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 mother | case |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Overheard | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | again | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Fine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fine | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: FINE."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FINE | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 FINE | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 FINE | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 4: What is going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum loves the idea and is cheering
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | nsubj |
| 2 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 idea | det |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loves | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cheering | cc |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cheering | aux |
| 7 | cheering | cheer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 loves | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Mum | the idea | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cheer | present · progressive | Mum not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Mum is not keen on another long visit to her in-law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keen | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 keen | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 keen | advmod |
| 4 | keen | keen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 visit | case |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 visit | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 visit | amod |
| 8 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keen | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 her | case |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 visit | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 law | case |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 in | punct |
| 13 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Mum | another long visit to her | in law; keen property | tree rules |
Option 3
Mum is booking a hotel for the holidays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 booking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 booking | aux |
| 3 | booking | book | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hotel | det |
| 5 | hotel | hotel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 booking | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 holidays | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 holidays | det |
| 8 | holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 booking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | book | present · progressive | Mum | a hotel | for the holidays | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hotel=Theme for holiday=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Mum is talking to her own mother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 talking | aux |
| 3 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 mother | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mother | amod |
| 7 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 talking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present · progressive | Mum | to Mum's own mother | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mother=Co-Agent |
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