Test 11 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming." What does Gran believe?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: not care, say, be, come, believe · To what, where: family · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Gran, crossly: "I don't care what he said, he's still family and he's coming."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 care | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gran | punct |
| 3 | crossly | crossly | ADV | _ | 9 care | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 care | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 care | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 care | advmod |
| 9 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 care | obj |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 what | acl:relcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 family | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 family | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 family | cop |
| 16 | still | still | ADV | _ | 17 family | advmod |
| 17 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 care | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 coming | cc |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 coming | nsubj |
| 20 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 coming | aux |
| 21 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 care | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | Gran | crossly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Gran | family | still | tree rules | |||
| 4 | come in a quote | present · progressive | Gran | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 does Gran believe?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 believe | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 believe | aux |
| 3 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 believe | nsubj |
| 4 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 believe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | present · do-support | Gran | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nobody should come to family parties
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 parties | case |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parties | compound |
| 6 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | should | Nobody | family parties | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to party=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Rows should end with someone left out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 end | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 end | aux |
| 3 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 someone | case |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 end | obl |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 someone | acl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 left | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | should | Rows | with someone | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with someone=Subeventuality | ||||
| 2 | leave out | participle | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Family should stick together despite rows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stick | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stick | aux |
| 3 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 stick | advmod |
| 5 | despite | despite | ADP | _ | 6 rows | case |
| 6 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick together | should | Family | despite rows; together property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Only friends should be invited to parties
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 friends | advmod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 invited | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 invited | aux:pass |
| 5 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 parties | case |
| 7 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 invited | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | should · passive | parties | friends | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient |
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