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."
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 whispers | nsubj |
| 3 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lost | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 lost | punct |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 whispers | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 baby | det |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 jumped | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 jumped | nsubj |
| 12 | jumped | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | advcl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 bed | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 bed | nmod:poss |
| 15 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 jumped | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | past | Mum | the baby | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | jump in a quote | past | Your sister = sister | Mum's bed | vn 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.
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 | Mum | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1
It was the midwife's fault, not hers
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 | 6 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 fault | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 midwife | det |
| 4 | midwife | midwife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fault | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 midwife | case |
| 6 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hers | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 hers | advmod |
| 9 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 fault | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | the midwife's fault | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is nobody's fault, and certainly not hers
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 | 5 fault | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fault | cop |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 fault | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 nobody | case |
| 5 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 hers | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 hers | cc |
| 8 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 10 hers | advmod |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hers | advmod |
| 10 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 fault | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | nobody's fault | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She is right, jumping causes it every time
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 | _ | 6 causes | punct |
| 5 | jumping | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 causes | nsubj |
| 6 | causes | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 causes | obj |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 causes | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | jump | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | cause | present | it | time | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient |
Option 4
She is right, she should feel guilty
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 feel | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 feel | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 feel | aux |
| 7 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | feel | should | she | guilty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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