Test 10 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help
Mum whispers, "Mrs Green's not herself, keep an eye on her." What should you understand?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: whisper, keep, understand · To what, where: Mum, eye · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 23 «When Grandma and Grandad need more help» 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 whispers, "Mrs Green's not herself, keep an eye on her."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whispers | nsubj |
| 2 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| 5 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 herself | nmod:poss |
| 6 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Mrs | flat |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mrs | case |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 herself | advmod |
| 9 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 whispers | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 keep | punct |
| 11 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 whispers | parataxis |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 eye | det |
| 13 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 keep | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 her | case |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 keep | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Mum | Mum | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | infinitive | a eye | on Mum | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent eye=Theme on she=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 should you understand?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 understand | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 understand | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 understand | nsubj |
| 4 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 understand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | understand | should | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mrs Green has been replaced by a different woman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 replaced | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 replaced | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 replaced | aux:pass |
| 5 | replaced | replace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 woman | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 woman | det |
| 8 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 woman | amod |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 replaced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | present · perfect · passive | a different woman | Mrs | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Mrs Green is acting differently and may be unwell or upset
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 acting | nsubj |
| 2 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acting | aux |
| 4 | acting | act | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | differently | differently | ADV | _ | 4 acting | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 unwell | cc |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 unwell | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 unwell | cop |
| 9 | unwell | unwell | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 acting | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 upset | cc |
| 11 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 unwell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | present · progressive | Mrs | differently property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | may | Mrs not said here | unwell property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | Mrs not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Mrs Green is in trouble with the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 trouble | nsubj |
| 2 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trouble | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 trouble | case |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 police | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 police | det |
| 8 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trouble | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mrs | trouble | with the police | tree rules |
Option 4
Mrs Green wants you to watch her house for her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs | Mrs | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | Green | Green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Mrs | flat |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 wants | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 watch | mark |
| 6 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 house | nmod:poss |
| 8 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 watch | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 her | case |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 watch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Mrs | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | Mrs's house | for Mrs | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Location for she=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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