Test 6 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help
Mum, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered." What is happening?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, you, I · What happens: exhaust, work, lot, be, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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, exhausted: "Work, then Gran's, then you lot, I'm knackered."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 exhausted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
| 3 | exhausted | exhaust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Work | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Work | punct |
| 6 | Work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 exhausted | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Gran | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 Gran | advmod |
| 9 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Work | obl |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Gran | case |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 lot | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 lot | advmod |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 lot | nsubj |
| 14 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Work | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 knackered | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 knackered | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 knackered | cop |
| 18 | knackered | knackered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Work | parataxis |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Work | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exhaust | past | Mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work in a quote | infinitive | Mum not said here | 's Gran | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | lot in a quote | you | then | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | I | knackered property | tree rules |
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 happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happening | aux |
| 3 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Mum is cross because Gran has moved in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cross | cop |
| 3 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 moved | mark |
| 5 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 moved | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 moved | aux |
| 7 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 cross | advcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum | cross property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | move in | present · perfect | Gran | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Mum has a second job working at Gran's café
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 job | det |
| 4 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 job | amod |
| 5 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 job | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 café | case |
| 8 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 café | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Gran | case |
| 10 | café | café | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Mum | a second job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient | ||||
| 2 | work | gerund | a second job not said here | at Gran's café | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at café=Theme |
Option 3
Mum is training for a long-distance race
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 training | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 training | aux |
| 3 | training | train | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 race | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 race | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 distance | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 long | punct |
| 8 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 race | compound |
| 9 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 training | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | present · progressive | Mum | for a distance race | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mum is caring for Gran on top of work and family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caring | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caring | aux |
| 3 | caring | care | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 Gran | case |
| 5 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 caring | obl |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 top | case |
| 7 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caring | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 work | case |
| 9 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 top | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 family | cc |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 work | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present · progressive | Mum | top of work and family | for Gran | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for gran=Theme |
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