Test 3 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Dad, bleary: "Sorry mate, I forgot your football, I'm knackered." What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: forget, be, go on · To what, where: football
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Dad, bleary: "Sorry mate, I forgot your football, I'm knackered."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bleary | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bleary | punct |
| 3 | bleary | bleary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Sorry | punct |
| 6 | Sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mate | amod |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bleary | vocative |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 forgot | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 forgot | nsubj |
| 10 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 bleary | conj |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 football | nmod:poss |
| 12 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 forgot | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 knackered | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 knackered | nsubj |
| 15 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 knackered | cop |
| 16 | knackered | knackered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bleary | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 knackered | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 knackered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget in a quote | past | I | your football | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | knackered property | tree rules |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Dad has been out at parties every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 parties | cop |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 been | compound:prt |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 parties | case |
| 6 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Dad | night | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | participle | parties | tree rules |
Option 2
Dad does not care about football any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 care | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 care | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 care | advmod |
| 4 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 football | case |
| 6 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 care | obl |
| 7 | any | any | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 care | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | Dad | about football | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about football=Stimulus |
Option 3
Dad has stopped loving his older children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stopped | aux |
| 3 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | loving | love | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 stopped | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 children | nmod:poss |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 children | amod |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 loving | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present · perfect | Dad | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | love | gerund | Dad not said here | Dad's older children | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Dad is worn out from the baby's nights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 worn | aux:pass |
| 3 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 worn | compound:prt |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 nights | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 baby | det |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nights | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 baby | case |
| 9 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 worn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear out | present · passive | Dad | night | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |
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