Test 7 · ★ · A new baby in the house
Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home." What is she talking about?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, things · What happens: be, week, depend, go, talk about · To what, where: home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Mum on the phone: "She might be with us a week or a few years, depends how things go at home."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 depends | nsubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 phone | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 phone | det |
| 4 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 week | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 week | punct |
| 7 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 week | nsubj |
| 8 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 us | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 us | cop |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 us | case |
| 11 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 She | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 week | det |
| 13 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | parataxis |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 years | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 years | det |
| 16 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 years | amod |
| 17 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 week | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 19 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 22 go | advmod |
| 21 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 go | nsubj |
| 22 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 depends | ccomp |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 home | case |
| 24 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 go | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 depends | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 depends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | might | Mum not said here | with us | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | week in a quote | Mum | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | depend in a quote | present | Mum on the phone | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | go in a quote | present | things | home | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
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 she talking about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 talking | obl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 talking | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talking | nsubj |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 talking | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 talking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk about | present · progressive | Mum | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A foster child staying with them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 2 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 child | compound |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | staying | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 child | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 staying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | a foster child not said here | with them = they | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location |
Option 2
An adopted child who stays forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 child | det |
| 2 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 child | amod |
| 3 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 stays | nsubj |
| 5 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 child | acl:relcl |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 5 stays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adopt | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stay | present | a adopted child | forever property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
A new baby born in the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 baby | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 baby | amod |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 baby | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 family | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 family | det |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 born | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | participle | a new baby not said here | the family | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A cousin on a summer visit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cousin | det |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 visit | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 visit | det |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visit | compound |
| 6 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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