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Test 2 · ★ · A new baby in the house

Your little sister says, "The baby cries 'cos it hates us." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little sister, baby, you · What happens: say, cry, hate, put · To what, where: us, sister · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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 little sister says, "The baby cries 'cos it hates us."

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	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cries	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cries	punct
7	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cries	nsubj
9	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 hates	punct
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 hates	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hates	nsubj
13	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cries	ccomp
14	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 hates	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 hates	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 hates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your little sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express in a quote	present	the baby						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hate in a quote	present	baby	us					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer we=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		sister			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It cries because it wants to go back to hospital

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	2 cries	nsubj
2	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 wants	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wants	nsubj
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cries	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 hospital	case
10	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	It						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	it						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go back not said to happen	to-infinitive						to hospital result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to hospital=Result

Option 2

She's right, the baby is cross with all of us

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	's	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	_	8 cross	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cross	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cross	cop
8	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	parataxis
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 cross	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 us	case
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	the baby					with all; cross property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Crying is how babies say what they need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 say	advcl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	cop
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
4	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 need	obj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 need	nsubj
8	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund	babies not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be speech: assert	present	babies					say property	tree rules
3	need	present	babies = baby						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

Option 4

She's right, babies hate older children

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	's	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 hate	punct
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	nsubj
6	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 children	amod
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	hate	present	babies	older children					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=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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