Test 10 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Your sister insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, Paternity leave, you · What happens: insist, mean, fire, put · To what, where: Dad, leave · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» 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 insists, "Paternity leave means Dad's been fired."
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 insists | nsubj |
| 3 | insists | insist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 means | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 leave | punct |
| 6 | Paternity | paternity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | compound |
| 7 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 means | nsubj |
| 8 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 insists | conj |
| 9 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fired | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 fired | aux |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 fired | aux:pass |
| 12 | fired | fire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 means | ccomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 insists | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 insists | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insist speech: other | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Paternity leave | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fire in a quote | present · passive | Dad | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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: 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 | leave | 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, but it is only for a month
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 | _ | 11 month | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 month | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 month | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 month | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 month | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 month | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 month | det |
| 11 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | for a month | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is time off work to be with the new baby
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 | 3 time | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 time | cop |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 work | case |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 baby | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 baby | cop |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 baby | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 baby | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 baby | amod |
| 11 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | time | off work | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | with the new baby | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a holiday Dad has to pay for
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 Dad | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Dad | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Dad | det |
| 4 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Dad | compound |
| 5 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pay | mark |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 has | xcomp |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a holiday Dad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a holiday Dad | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | a holiday Dad not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
She is right, Dad has lost his job
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 lost | punct |
| 5 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | aux |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 job | nmod:poss |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | present · perfect | Dad | Dad's job | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | job | Dad | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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