Test 5 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help
Your brother says, "Gran called me Uncle Mike, she doesn't even love me anymore." How do you put him right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Gran, you · What happens: say, call, not love, put · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your brother says, "Gran called me Uncle Mike, she doesn't even love me anymore."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 6 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 called | obj |
| 9 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 Mike | compound |
| 10 | Mike | Mike | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 called | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 love | nsubj |
| 13 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 love | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 love | advmod |
| 15 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 love | advmod |
| 16 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 love | obj |
| 18 | anymore | anymore | ADV | _ | 16 love | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | call in a quote | past | Gran | Your brother = brother | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | not love in a quote | present · do-support | Gran | Your brother = brother | anymore property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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: How do you put him right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · do-support | you | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1
Gran was joking because she likes Uncle Mike more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 joking | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 joking | aux |
| 3 | joking | joke | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 likes | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 likes | nsubj |
| 6 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 joking | advcl |
| 7 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 likes | obj |
| 8 | Mike | Mike | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Uncle | flat |
| 9 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 joking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | joke speech: other | past · progressive | Gran | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | like | present | Gran | Uncle | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot uncle=Theme |
Option 2
He is right, mixed-up names mean no love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 names | amod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| 5 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 up | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 mixed | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 names | compound |
| 8 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 mean | nsubj |
| 9 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 love | det |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mix | participle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | right up names | no love | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Topic |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her illness mixes up names, she still loves him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 illness | nmod:poss |
| 2 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mixes | nsubj |
| 3 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 mixes | compound:prt |
| 5 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 mixes | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 loves | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loves | nsubj |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 loves | advmod |
| 9 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mixes | conj |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix up | present | Her illness | names | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | ||||
| 2 | love | present | illness | him = he | still | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
Gran did it on purpose to make him angry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 purpose | case |
| 5 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Gran | it | purpose | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | Gran not said here | Gran | angry property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |
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