Test 7 · ★★ · When Grandma and Grandad need more help
A neighbour says, "The carer's in and out in ten minutes, it's a joke." What is likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: neighbour, carer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: joke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: A neighbour says, "The carer's in and out in ten minutes, it's a joke."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 neighbour | det |
| 2 | neighbour | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 's | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 's | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 carer | det |
| 7 | carer | carer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 's | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 's | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 out | cc |
| 11 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 in | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 minutes | case |
| 13 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 minutes | nummod |
| 14 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 's | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 joke | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 joke | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 joke | cop |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 joke | det |
| 19 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 joke | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a neighbour | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be in a quote | present | the carer | minute | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | carer | a joke | 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 likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The carer does not want to help at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 carer | det |
| 2 | carer | carer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 want | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 want | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 want | advmod |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 help | mark |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | present · do-support | the carer | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | the carer not said here | all | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Carers often have many visits and are rushed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 visits | amod |
| 5 | visits | visit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rushed | cc |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rushed | aux:pass |
| 8 | rushed | rush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 have | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Carers | many visits | often property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent visit=Patient | |||
| 2 | rush | present · passive | Carers not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V» |
Option 3
Carers only come to drop off the post
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 drop | mark |
| 5 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | xcomp |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 drop | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 post | det |
| 8 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Carers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | drop off | to-infinitive | Carers not said here | the post | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Theme |
Option 4
Carers are paid to visit for only a minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 paid | aux:pass |
| 3 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 visit | mark |
| 5 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 paid | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 minute | case |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 minute | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 minute | det |
| 9 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 visit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | Carers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | visit | to-infinitive | minute | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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