Test 8 · ★ · Closed doors, whispers and secrets Mum hangs up after whispering on the phone. «Aunt Kate's having a tough time, it's hers to share, not mine.» What does it show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, Aunt Kate, phone · What happens: hang up, whisper, have, be, share, show · To what, where: phone, Mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 35 «Closed doors, whispers and secrets» 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 hangs up after whispering on the phone.
nsubj compound:prt mark advcl case det obl punct root Mum NOUN hangs VERB up ADP after SCONJ whispering VERB on ADP the DET phone NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 hangs nsubj 2 hangs hang VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 hangs compound:prt 4 after after SCONJ _ 5 whispering mark 5 whispering whisper VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 hangs advcl 6 on on ADP _ 8 phone case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 phone det 8 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 5 whispering obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 hangs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hang up present Mum vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 whisper speech: assert gerund Mum not said here the phone vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on phone=Location
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: «Aunt Kate's having a tough time, it's hers to share, not mine.»
punct compound nsubj case det amod obj punct nsubj cop ccomp mark acl punct advmod conj punct punct root « PUNCT Aunt PROPN Kate PROPN 's PART having VERB a DET tough ADJ time NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX hers PRON to PART share VERB , PUNCT not PART mine PRON . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 having punct 2 Aunt Aunt PROPN Number=Sing 3 Kate compound 3 Kate Kate PROPN Number=Sing 5 having nsubj 4 's 's PART _ 3 Kate case 5 having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 time det 7 tough tough ADJ Degree=Pos 8 time amod 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 5 having obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 5 having punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 hers nsubj 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 hers cop 12 hers her PRON Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 having ccomp 13 to to PART _ 14 share mark 14 share share VERB VerbForm=Inf 12 hers acl 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 mine punct 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 mine advmod 17 mine my PRON Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 hers conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 5 having punct 19 » » PUNCT _ 5 having punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote gerund Aunt Kate time vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present phone Mum tree rules 3 share in a quote to-infinitive Aunt Kate not said here tree rules
Sentence 3: What does it show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX it PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support phone vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 Aunt Kate is cross with your family
nsubj appos cop case nmod:poss obl root Aunt NOUN Kate PROPN is AUX cross ADJ with ADP your PRON family NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 4 cross nsubj 2 Kate Kate PROPN Number=Sing 1 Aunt appos 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 cross cop 4 cross cross ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 with with ADP _ 7 family case 6 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 family nmod:poss 7 family family NOUN Number=Sing 4 cross obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Aunt with your family; cross property tree rules
Option 2 Mum is hiding something about you
nsubj aux obj case nmod root Mum NOUN is AUX hiding VERB something PRON about ADP you PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 hiding nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 hiding aux 3 hiding hide VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 3 hiding obj 5 about about ADP _ 6 you case 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 something nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide present · progressive Mum something about you vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Patient about you=Location
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Grown-ups keep friends' secrets too
amod punct nsubj nmod:poss case obj advmod root Grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN keep VERB friends NOUN ' PART secrets NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 ups amod 2 - - PUNCT _ 1 Grown punct 3 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 4 keep nsubj 4 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 7 secrets nmod:poss 6 ' 's PART _ 5 friends case 7 secrets secret NOUN Number=Plur 4 keep obj 8 too too ADV _ 4 keep advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 keep present Grown ups friends's secrets vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme
Option 4 Mum doesn't trust anyone at all
nsubj aux advmod obj case obl root Mum NOUN does AUX n't PART trust VERB anyone PRON at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 trust nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 trust aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 trust advmod 4 trust trust VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 trust obj 6 at at ADP _ 7 all case 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 trust obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not trust present · do-support Mum anyone all vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
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