Test 3 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help Aunt and Mum argue: "I can't keep doing this every night!" "So you want to dump her in a home?" Why are they arguing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aunt, you · What happens: argue, not keep, do, want, dump · To what, where: this, Mum, home · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Aunt and Mum argue: "I can't keep doing this every night!" "
nsubj cc conj punct punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis xcomp obj det obl:unmarked punct punct punct root Aunt NOUN and CCONJ Mum NOUN argue VERB : PUNCT " PUNCT I PRON ca AUX n't PART keep VERB doing VERB this PRON every DET night NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 4 argue nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 Mum cc 3 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Aunt conj 4 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 4 argue punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 keep punct 7 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 keep nsubj 8 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 keep aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 10 keep advmod 10 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 argue parataxis 11 doing do VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 keep xcomp 12 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 doing obj 13 every every DET PronType=Tot 14 night det 14 night night NOUN Number=Sing 11 doing obl:unmarked 15 ! ! PUNCT _ 10 keep punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 10 keep punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 4 argue punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present Aunt and Mum vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not keep in a quote can Aunt and Mum = aunt tree rules 3 do in a quote gerund Aunt and Mum = aunt not said here this night vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality
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: So you want to dump her in a home?"
advmod nsubj mark xcomp obj case det obl punct punct root So ADV you PRON want VERB to PART dump VERB her PRON in ADP a DET home NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 3 want advmod 2 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 want nsubj 3 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 dump mark 5 dump dump VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 want xcomp 6 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 dump obj 7 in in ADP _ 9 home case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 home det 9 home home NOUN Number=Sing 5 dump obl 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 want punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 3 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present you vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 dump not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here Mum a home vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme in home=Trajectory
Sentence 3: Why are they arguing?
advmod aux nsubj punct root Why ADV are AUX they PRON arguing VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 arguing advmod 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 arguing aux 3 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 arguing nsubj 4 arguing argue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 arguing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · progressive Aunt vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice They are arguing about whose house is bigger
nsubj aux case nmod:poss obl cop parataxis root They PRON are AUX arguing VERB about ADP whose PRON house NOUN is AUX bigger ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 arguing nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 arguing aux 3 arguing argue VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 house case 5 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 6 house nmod:poss 6 house house NOUN Number=Sing 3 arguing obl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bigger cop 8 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 arguing parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present · progressive They about house vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about house=Topic 2 is present big property tree rules
Option 2 Care homes are only for people nobody loves
compound nsubj cop advmod case nsubj acl:relcl root Care NOUN homes NOUN are AUX only ADV for ADP people NOUN nobody PRON loves VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Care care NOUN Number=Sing 2 homes compound 2 homes home NOUN Number=Plur 6 people nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 people cop 4 only only ADV _ 6 people advmod 5 for for ADP _ 6 people case 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur root root 7 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 8 loves nsubj 8 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 people acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Care homes for people tree rules 2 love present nobody people not said here vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
Option 3 They both want to be the one to move into the home
nsubj nsubj mark cop det xcomp mark acl case det obl root They PRON both DET want VERB to PART be AUX the DET one NOUN to PART move VERB into ADP the DET home NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 want nsubj 2 both both DET PronType=Tot 3 want nsubj 3 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 7 one mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 one cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 one det 7 one one NOUN Number=Sing 3 want xcomp 8 to to PART _ 9 move mark 9 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 one acl 10 into into ADP _ 12 home case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 home det 12 home home NOUN Number=Sing 9 move obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present They vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive They not said here the one tree rules 3 move to-infinitive They not said here the home vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into home=Trajectory
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Deciding about a care home is hard and families feel guilty
csubj case det compound obl cop cc nsubj conj xcomp root Deciding VERB about ADP a DET care NOUN home NOUN is AUX hard ADJ and CCONJ families NOUN feel VERB guilty ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Deciding decide VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 hard csubj 2 about about ADP _ 5 home case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 home det 4 care care NOUN Number=Sing 5 home compound 5 home home NOUN Number=Sing 1 Deciding obl 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hard cop 7 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 feel cc 9 families family NOUN Number=Plur 10 feel nsubj 10 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hard conj 11 guilty guilty ADJ Degree=Pos 10 feel xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 decide gerund about a care home vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about home=Topic 2 is present Deciding hard property tree rules 3 feel present families guilty property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
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