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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."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctnmod:posscaseccomppunctadvmodnmod:possnsubjcopadvmodnmod:possamodoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTLiamPROPN'sPARTadoptedVERB,PUNCTsoADVhisPRONmumNOUN'sAUXnotPARThisPRONproperADJmumNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 adoptedpunct
5""PUNCT_8 adoptedpunct
6LiamLiamPROPNNumber=Sing8 adoptednmod:poss
7's'sPART_6 Liamcase
8adoptedadoptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 saysccomp
9,,PUNCT_17 mumpunct
10sosoADV_17 mumadvmod
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 mumnmod:poss
12mummumNOUNNumber=Sing17 mumnsubj
13'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 mumcop
14notnotPARTPolarity=Neg17 mumadvmod
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 mumnmod:poss
16properproperADJDegree=Pos17 mumamod
17mummumNOUNNumber=Sing8 adoptedobl
18..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
19""PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour matevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2adopt in a quoteparticiplevn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3not is a in a quotepresentmate's mummate's proper mumtree 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.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said heremateright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Liam has to go back home one day

nsubjmarkxcompadvmodadvmodnummodobl:unmarkedrootLiamPROPNhasVERBtoPARTgoVERBbackADVhomeADVoneNUMdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LiamLiamPROPNNumber=Sing2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_4 gomark
4gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 hasxcomp
5backbackADV_4 goadvmod
6homehomeADV_4 goadvmod
7oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 daynummod
8daydayNOUNNumber=Sing4 goobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentLiamtree rules
2go backto-infinitiveLiam not said heredayhome propertyvn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He's right, only birth mums count as real mums

nsubjcoppunctadvmodcompoundnsubjparataxiscaseamodoblrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTonlyADVbirthNOUNmumsNOUNcountVERBasADPrealADJmumsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 countpunct
5onlyonlyADV_7 mumsadvmod
6birthbirthNOUNNumber=Sing7 mumscompound
7mumsmumNOUNNumber=Plur8 countnsubj
8countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
9asasADP_11 mumscase
10realrealADJDegree=Pos11 mumsamod
11mumsmumNOUNNumber=Plur8 countobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2countpresentbirth mumsas real mumsvn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as mum=Attribute

Option 3

He's right, until Liam turns eighteen

nsubjcoppunctmarknsubjadvclobjrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTuntilSCONJLiamPROPNturnsVERBeighteenNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 turnspunct
5untiluntilSCONJ_7 turnsmark
6LiamLiamPROPNNumber=Sing7 turnsnsubj
7turnsturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightadvcl
8eighteeneighteenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 turnsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2turnpresentLiameighteenvn 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

nmod:possamodnsubjcopnmod:possamodcasedetnmodrootHisPRONadoptiveADJmumNOUNisAUXhisPRONrealADJmumNOUNinADPeveryDETwayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 mumnmod:poss
2adoptiveadoptiveADJDegree=Pos3 mumamod
3mummumNOUNNumber=Sing7 mumnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 mumcop
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 mumnmod:poss
6realrealADJDegree=Pos7 mumamod
7mummumNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8ininADP_10 waycase
9everyeveryDETPronType=Tot10 waydet
10waywayNOUNNumber=Sing7 mumnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentHis adoptive mumhis real mumevery waytree rules

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