Test 4 · We're having a baby!
Gran texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital." What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran texts · What happens: go back, sleep, go on · To what, where: pet, hospital
This is test 4 of lesson 18 «We're having a baby!» 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 texts at 3am: "Here now, go back to sleep pet, Mum and Dad at hospital."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 texts | compound |
| 2 | texts | text | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 go | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 3 | case |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 texts | nmod |
| 5 | am | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Here | punct |
| 8 | Here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 texts | advmod |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 Here | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 texts | punct |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 go | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 sleep | mark |
| 14 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 go | advcl |
| 15 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sleep | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Mum | punct |
| 17 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pet | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 Dad | cc |
| 19 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pet | conj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 hospital | case |
| 21 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sleep | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 go | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back in a quote | infinitive | Gran texts at 3 am | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | sleep in a quote | to-infinitive | Gran texts at 3 am not said here | pet and Mum and Dad | hospital | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=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 is going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Gran has had an accident at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | aux |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 accident | det |
| 5 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 home | case |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | Gran | a accident | home | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Mum and Dad are at a work party
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 party | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Dad | cc |
| 3 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 party | cop |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 party | compound |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum and Dad | a work party | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Mum is in labour and Gran is minding you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 labour | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 labour | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 labour | case |
| 4 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 minding | cc |
| 6 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 minding | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 minding | aux |
| 8 | minding | mind | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 labour | conj |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 minding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum | labour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mind | present · progressive | Gran | you | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 4
The house has had a burglary
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 house | det |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | aux |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 burglary | det |
| 6 | burglary | burglary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | the house | a burglary | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burglary=Patient |
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