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Test 7 · We're having a baby!

Your sister whispers, "Mum lost the baby because I jumped on her bed." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Mum, you · What happens: whisper, lose, jump, put · To what, where: baby, bed, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Your sister whispers, "Mum lost the baby because I jumped on her bed."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnsubjccompdetobjmarknsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONsisterNOUNwhispersVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTMumNOUNlostVERBtheDETbabyNOUNbecauseSCONJIPRONjumpedVERBonADPherPRONbedNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 sisternmod:poss
2sistersisterNOUNNumber=Sing3 whispersnsubj
3whisperswhisperVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 lostpunct
5""PUNCT_7 lostpunct
6MummumNOUNNumber=Sing7 lostnsubj
7lostloseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 whispersccomp
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 babydet
9babybabyNOUNNumber=Sing7 lostobj
10becausebecauseSCONJ_12 jumpedmark
11IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs12 jumpednsubj
12jumpedjumpVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 lostadvcl
13ononADP_15 bedcase
14herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 bednmod:poss
15bedbedNOUNNumber=Sing12 jumpedobl
16..PUNCT_3 whisperspunct
17""PUNCT_3 whisperspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1whisper speech: assertpresentYour sistervn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2lose in a quotepastMumthe babyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Eventuality
3jump in a quotepastYour sister = sisterMum's bedvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bed=Trajectory

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.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBherPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said hereMumright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

It was the midwife's fault, not hers

nsubjcopdetnmod:posscasepunctadvmodconjrootItPRONwasAUXtheDETmidwifeNOUN'sPARTfaultNOUN,PUNCTnotPARThersPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 faultnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 faultcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 midwifedet
4midwifemidwifeNOUNNumber=Sing6 faultnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 midwifecase
6faultfaultNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7,,PUNCT_9 herspunct
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 hersadvmod
9hersherPRONGender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 faultconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastItthe midwife's faulttree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It is nobody's fault, and certainly not hers

nsubjcopnmod:posscasepunctccadvmodadvmodconjrootItPRONisAUXnobodyPRON'sPARTfaultNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcertainlyADVnotPARThersPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 faultnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 faultcop
3nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg5 faultnmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 nobodycase
5faultfaultNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_10 herspunct
7andandCCONJ_10 herscc
8certainlycertainlyADV_10 hersadvmod
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 hersadvmod
10hersherPRONGender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 faultconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentItnobody's faulttree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She is right, jumping causes it every time

nsubjcoppunctnsubjparataxisobjdetobl:unmarkedrootShePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTjumpingVERBcausesVERBitPRONeveryDETtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 causespunct
5jumpingjumpVERBVerbForm=Ger6 causesnsubj
6causescauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
7ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 causesobj
8everyeveryDETPronType=Tot9 timedet
9timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 causesobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSheright propertytree rules
2jumpgerundvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3causepresentittimevn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient

Option 4

She is right, she should feel guilty

nsubjcoppunctnsubjauxparataxisxcomprootShePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTshePRONshouldAUXfeelVERBguiltyADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 feelpunct
5sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 feelnsubj
6shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 feelaux
7feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Inf3 rightparataxis
8guiltyguiltyADJDegree=Pos7 feelxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSheright propertytree rules
2feelshouldsheguilty propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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