Test 8 · Screens, diets, sofas and late nights
Your mate: "My mum and dad sleep in different rooms cos of the snoring, they must be getting divorced." Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, that · What happens: get, be
This is test 8 of lesson 29 «Screens, diets, sofas and late nights» 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 mate: "My mum and dad sleep in different rooms cos of the snoring, they must be getting divorced."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 getting | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| 5 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mate | conj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sleep | cc |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sleep | compound |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 rooms | case |
| 11 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 rooms | amod |
| 12 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sleep | nmod |
| 13 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 16 snoring | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 snoring | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 snoring | det |
| 16 | snoring | snoring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rooms | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 getting | nsubj |
| 19 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 getting | aux |
| 20 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 21 getting | aux |
| 21 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 22 | divorced | divorced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 getting | xcomp |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 getting | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 getting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | must · progressive | Your mate and My mum and dad sleep in different rooms cos the snoring | divorced property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, sleeping apart because of snoring is normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 sleeping | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sleeping | punct |
| 3 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 normal | csubj |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 sleeping | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 snoring | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 because | fixed |
| 7 | snoring | snoring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sleeping | obl |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 normal | cop |
| 9 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | gerund | because snoring; apart property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | sleeping | normal property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, snoring is a sign of an argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 sign | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | snoring | snoring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 sign | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sign | det |
| 6 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 argument | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 argument | det |
| 9 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | snoring | a sign | of a argument | tree rules |
Option 3
No, they are sleeping in a tent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 sleeping | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sleeping | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sleeping | aux |
| 5 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tent | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tent | det |
| 8 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present · progressive | they | a tent | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tent=Location |
Option 4
Yes, separate rooms always means a divorce is coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 separate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rooms | amod |
| 4 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 means | advmod |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 divorce | det |
| 8 | divorce | divorce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 coming | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 coming | aux |
| 10 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | separate rooms | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | come | present · progressive | a divorce | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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