Test 10 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding." Why so long?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, cousin · What happens: not see, wed · To what, where: two
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 funeral | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 funeral | det |
| 4 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 seen | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 seen | punct |
| 7 | Have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 seen | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 seen | advmod |
| 9 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Dad | acl |
| 10 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 11 two | det |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 seen | obj |
| 12 | since | since | ADP | _ | 17 wedding | case |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 14 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 15 | Shona | Shona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 cousin | appos |
| 16 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 15 Shona | case |
| 17 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seen | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see in a quote | present · perfect | Dad at a funeral not said here | this two | since your cousin's wedding | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | wed in a quote | your cousin | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=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: Why so long?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 long | advmod |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 long | advmod |
| 3 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 long | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Cousins are kept apart on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kept | aux:pass |
| 3 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 kept | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present · passive | Cousins | purpose | apart property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on purpose=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Relatives spread out and rarely meet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spread | nsubj |
| 2 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 spread | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 meet | cc |
| 5 | rarely | rarely | ADV | _ | 6 meet | advmod |
| 6 | meet | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 spread | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread out | present | Relatives | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet | present | Relatives not said here | rarely property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Funerals are the only place cousins can go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funerals | funeral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cousins | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cousins | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cousins | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cousins | amod |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cousins | compound |
| 6 | cousins | cousin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 go | aux |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cousins | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Funerals | the only place cousins | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | can | the only place cousins not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
They had a big feud about the wedding
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feud | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feud | amod |
| 5 | feud | feud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 wedding | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wedding | det |
| 8 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feud | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | They | a big feud | about the wedding | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feud=Patient |
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