Test 9 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family
Your sister says, "Grandad's got a girlfriend, so he doesn't love Gran any more." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Grandad, you · What happens: say, get, not love, put · To what, where: girlfriend, Gran · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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 sister says, "Grandad's got a girlfriend, so he doesn't love Gran any more."
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 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | 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 got | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 got | punct |
| 6 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 got | aux |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girlfriend | det |
| 10 | girlfriend | girlfriend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 love | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 love | nsubj |
| 14 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 love | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 love | advmod |
| 16 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 17 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 love | obj |
| 18 | any | any | ADV | _ | 19 more | advmod |
| 19 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 love | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | Grandad | a girlfriend | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girlfriend=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | not love in a quote | present · do-support | Grandad | Gran | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gran=Stimulus |
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 her 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 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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 | Gran | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She is right, he has forgotten Gran
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | _ | 7 forgotten | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forgotten | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 forgotten | aux |
| 7 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 forgotten | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forget | present · perfect | he | Gran | tree rules |
Option 2
She is right, he must stop seeing her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | _ | 7 stop | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stop | aux |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 stop | xcomp |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 seeing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | must | he | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | see | gerund | he not said here | her = she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He can find company and still remember Gran
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 find | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 remember | cc |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 remember | advmod |
| 7 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 find | conj |
| 8 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 remember | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | can | He | company | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Topic | ||||
| 2 | remember | infinitive | He not said here | Gran | still | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent gran=Theme |
Option 4
Grandad is not allowed to have friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 have | mark |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Grandad | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | have not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grandad not said here | friends | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |
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