Test 3 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Blood, water, you · What happens: say, be, mean, put · To what, where: science, water · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Your brother says, "Blood is thicker than water means blood is heavier, that's science."
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 | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 thicker | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 thicker | punct |
| 6 | Blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 thicker | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thicker | cop |
| 8 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 11 means | mark |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 means | nsubj |
| 11 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 thicker | advcl |
| 12 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 heavier | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 heavier | cop |
| 14 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 means | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 science | punct |
| 16 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 science | det |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 science | cop |
| 18 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 science | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 science | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Blood | thick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean in a quote | present | water | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | blood | heavy property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a in a quote | present | that science | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | water | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is a saying: family bonds are the strongest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 saying | det |
| 4 | saying | saying | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 saying | punct |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bonds | compound |
| 7 | bonds | bond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 strongest | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 strongest | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 strongest | det |
| 10 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 saying | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a saying | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | family bonds | a saying not said here | strong property | tree rules |
Option 2
He is right, it is only about science
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 science | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 science | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 science | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 science | advmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 science | case |
| 9 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | about science | tree rules |
Option 3
It means families never ever argue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 argue | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 argue | advmod |
| 6 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | families | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not argue speech: disagree not said to happen | infinitive | ever | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It means you should drink more water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 drink | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 drink | aux |
| 5 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 water | amod |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drink | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | drink | should | you | more water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
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