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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."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjcopccompmarknsubjadvclnsubjcopccomppunctdetcopccomppunctpunctrootYourPRONbrotherNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTBloodNOUNisAUXthickerADJthanSCONJwaterNOUNmeansVERBbloodNOUNisAUXheavierADJ,PUNCTthatDET'sAUXscienceNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 brothernmod:poss
2brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 thickerpunct
5""PUNCT_8 thickerpunct
6BloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing8 thickernsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 thickercop
8thickerthickADJDegree=Cmp3 saysccomp
9thanthanSCONJ_11 meansmark
10waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing11 meansnsubj
11meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 thickeradvcl
12bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing14 heaviernsubj
13isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 heaviercop
14heavierheavyADJDegree=Cmp11 meansccomp
15,,PUNCT_18 sciencepunct
16thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem18 sciencedet
17'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 sciencecop
18sciencescienceNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysccomp
19..PUNCT_18 sciencepunct
20""PUNCT_18 sciencepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour brothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentBloodthick propertytree rules
3mean in a quotepresentwatervn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4is in a quotepresentbloodheavy propertytree rules
5is a in a quotepresentthat sciencetree 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.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said herewaterright propertyvn 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

nsubjcopdetpunctcompoundnsubjcopdetacl:relclrootItPRONisAUXaDETsayingNOUN:PUNCTfamilyNOUNbondsNOUNareAUXtheDETstrongestADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 sayingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 sayingcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 sayingdet
4sayingsayingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5::PUNCT_4 sayingpunct
6familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing7 bondscompound
7bondsbondNOUNNumber=Plur10 strongestnsubj
8arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 strongestcop
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 strongestdet
10strongeststrongADJDegree=Sup4 sayingacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta sayingtree rules
2ispresentfamily bondsa saying not said herestrong propertytree rules

Option 2

He is right, it is only about science

nsubjcoppunctnsubjcopadvmodcaseconjrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTitPRONisAUXonlyADVaboutADPscienceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 sciencepunct
5ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 sciencensubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 sciencecop
7onlyonlyADV_9 scienceadvmod
8aboutaboutADP_9 sciencecase
9sciencescienceNOUNNumber=Sing3 rightconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2ispresentitabout sciencetree rules

Option 3

It means families never ever argue

nsubjobjadvmodadvmodxcomprootItPRONmeansVERBfamiliesNOUNneverADVeverADVargueVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur2 meansobj
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg6 argueadvmod
5evereverADVPronType=Ind6 argueadvmod
6argueargueVERBVerbForm=Inf2 meansxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItfamiliestree rules
2not argue speech: disagree not said to happeninfinitiveevervn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It means you should drink more water

nsubjnsubjauxccompamodobjrootItPRONmeansVERByouPRONshouldAUXdrinkVERBmoreADJwaterNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs5 drinknsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 drinkaux
5drinkdrinkVERBVerbForm=Inf2 meansccomp
6moremoreADJDegree=Cmp7 wateramod
7waterwaterNOUNNumber=Sing5 drinkobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentItvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2drinkshouldyoumore watervn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient

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