Test 6 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Your mate says, "Liam's adopted, so his mum's not his proper mum." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, mum, you · What happens: say, adopt, not be, put · To what, where: proper mum, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 mate says, "Liam's adopted, so his mum's not his proper mum."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 adopted | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 adopted | punct |
| 6 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 adopted | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Liam | case |
| 8 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mum | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 mum | advmod |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 mum | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 mum | cop |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 mum | advmod |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mum | nmod:poss |
| 16 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 mum | amod |
| 17 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 adopted | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | adopt in a quote | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | not is a in a quote | present | mate's mum | mate's proper mum | 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: Put him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Liam has to go back home one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 day | nummod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Liam | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go back | to-infinitive | Liam not said here | day | home property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
He's right, only birth mums count as real mums
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 count | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 mums | advmod |
| 6 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mums | compound |
| 7 | mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 count | nsubj |
| 8 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 mums | case |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mums | amod |
| 11 | mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | count | present | birth mums | as real mums | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as mum=Attribute |
Option 3
He's right, until Liam turns eighteen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | _ | 7 turns | punct |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 turns | mark |
| 6 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 turns | nsubj |
| 7 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | advcl |
| 8 | eighteen | eighteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 turns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | present | Liam | eighteen | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eighteen=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His adoptive mum is his real mum in every way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | adoptive | adoptive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mum | amod |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mum | cop |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mum | amod |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mum | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | His adoptive mum | his real mum | every way | tree rules |
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