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Test 9 · ★ · A new baby in the house

Dad, holding his nose: "Nappy number nine today. Pass the wipes and the cream, quick." What is normal here?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, you · What happens: hold, pass, be · To what, where: nose, wipes

This is test 9 · ★ 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, holding his nose: "Nappy number nine today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 holding	punct
3	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Dad	acl
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nose	nmod:poss
5	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holding	obj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 number	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 number	punct
8	Nappy	nappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 number	amod
9	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	conj
10	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 number	appos
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 nine	nmod:unmarked
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	Dad and Nappy number not said here	his nose					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Theme

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: Pass the wipes and the cream, quick."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wipes	det
3	wipes	wipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pass	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 cream	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cream	det
6	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wipes	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 quick	punct
8	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Pass	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pass	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	imperative	you not said here	the wipes and the cream					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wipe=Trajectory

Sentence 3: What is normal here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 normal	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 normal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				here		normal property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dad is using far too many nappies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 using	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 using	aux
3	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 using	advmod
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 many	advmod
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 nappies	amod
7	nappies	nappy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · progressive	Dad	many nappies				far property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nappy=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A baby needs many nappy changes a day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 changes	amod
5	nappy	nappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 changes	amod
6	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needs	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a baby	many nappy changes a day					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot change=Theme

Option 3

The baby should be using the toilet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 using	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 using	aux
5	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toilet	det
7	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 using	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	should · progressive		the baby					tree rules

Option 4

The baby is ill and needs a doctor straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ill	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	cop
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 needs	cc
6	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ill	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 doctor	det
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 needs	obj
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	6 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the baby					ill property	tree rules
2	need	present	the baby not said here	a doctor				away property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

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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