Test 8 · ★ · Funerals and remembering Mum is quiet and sets out Grandpa's old mug one morning. Your brother says, "What's up with her?" What is the likely reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, brother, likely reason · What happens: be, set out, say · To what, where: old mug · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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 is quiet and sets out Grandpa's old mug one morning.
nsubj cop cc conj compound:prt nmod:poss case amod obj nummod obl:unmarked punct root Mum NOUN is AUX quiet ADJ and CCONJ sets VERB out ADP Grandpa PROPN 's PART old ADJ mug NOUN one NUM morning NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 quiet nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 quiet cop 3 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 sets cc 5 sets set VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 quiet conj 6 out out ADP _ 5 sets compound:prt 7 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 10 mug nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 Grandpa case 9 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 10 mug amod 10 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 5 sets obj 11 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 12 morning nummod 12 morning morning NOUN Number=Sing 5 sets obl:unmarked 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 quiet punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mum quiet property tree rules 2 set out present Mum not said here Grandpa's old mug morning 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: Your brother says, "What's up with her?"
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct nsubj cop ccomp case obl punct punct root Your PRON brother NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT What PRON 's AUX up ADV with ADP her PRON ? PUNCT " PUNCT 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 _ 3 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 up punct 6 What what PRON PronType=Int 8 up nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 up cop 8 up up ADV _ 3 says ccomp 9 with with ADP _ 10 her case 10 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 up obl 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 up punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 8 up punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Your brother vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present with her = she ; up property tree rules
Sentence 3: What is the likely reason?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET likely ADJ reason NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 reason det 4 likely likely ADJ Degree=Pos 5 reason amod 5 reason reason NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the likely reason tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice She wants to give the mug away
nsubj mark xcomp det obj advmod root She PRON wants VERB to PART give VERB the DET mug NOUN away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 give mark 4 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 wants xcomp 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 mug det 6 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 4 give obj 7 away away ADV _ 4 give advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present She vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 2 give away not said to happen to-infinitive She not said here the mug away property vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent mug=Theme
Option 2 She is cross that the mug was not washed up again
nsubj cop mark det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod advcl compound:prt advmod root She PRON is AUX cross ADJ that SCONJ the DET mug NOUN was AUX not PART washed VERB up ADP again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 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 that that SCONJ _ 9 washed mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 mug det 6 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 9 washed nsubj:pass 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 washed aux:pass 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 washed advmod 9 washed wash VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 cross advcl 10 up up ADP _ 9 washed compound:prt 11 again again ADV _ 9 washed advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She cross property tree rules 2 not wash up past · passive the mug again vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer It is the anniversary of Grandpa's death
nsubj cop det case nmod:poss case nmod root It PRON is AUX the DET anniversary NOUN of ADP Grandpa PROPN 's PART death NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 anniversary nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 anniversary cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 anniversary det 4 anniversary anniversary NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 death case 6 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 8 death nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Grandpa case 8 death death NOUN Number=Sing 4 anniversary nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present It the anniversary of Grandpa's death tree rules 2 die Grandpa nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 She is bored and wants a new mug
nsubj cop cc conj det amod obj root She PRON is AUX bored ADJ and CCONJ wants VERB a DET new ADJ mug NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 bored nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bored cop 3 bored bored ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 wants cc 5 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 bored conj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 mug det 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 mug amod 8 mug mug NOUN Number=Sing 5 wants obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She bored property tree rules 2 want present She not said here a new mug vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mug=Theme
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