Test 2 · ★ · Big feelings in big people

Your little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, Mum, kitchen, you · What happens: say, cry, fall apart, innit, put · To what, where: kitchen, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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 little brother says, "Mum cried in the kitchen, so it's all falling apart, innit."

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cried	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 cried	punct
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cried	nsubj
8	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 kitchen	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kitchen	det
11	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cried	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 falling	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 falling	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 falling	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 falling	aux
16	all	all	ADV	_	17 falling	advmod
17	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cried	advcl
18	apart	apart	ADV	_	17 falling	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 falling	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your little brother			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express in a quote	past	Mum	the kitchen		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kitchen=Location
3	fall apart in a quote	present · progressive	kitchen		all, apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	innit in a quote	infinitive	kitchen not said here			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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		brother			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, grown-ups cry from stress or tiredness too, and it's normal

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 cry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ups	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cry	nsubj
6	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 stress	case
8	stress	stress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 tiredness	cc
10	tiredness	tiredness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stress	conj
11	too	too	ADV	_	6 cry	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 normal	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 normal	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 normal	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 normal	cop
16	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cry speech: express	present	grown ups	stress or tiredness		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	tiredness		normal property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, crying always means the family is ending

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 crying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 means	csubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 crying	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ending	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ending	aux
9	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund		always property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	crying		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	end	present · progressive	the family		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, and it's because he left his toys out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 left	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 left	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 left	cop
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 left	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 left	nsubj
8	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 toys	nmod:poss
10	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 left	obj
11	out	out	ADV	_	8 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					leave, out property	tree rules

Option 4

No, grown-ups never cry, she must be chopping onions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 cry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ups	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cry	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 cry	advmod
7	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 onions	nsubj
10	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 onions	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 onions	cop
12	chopping	chopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 onions	compound
13	onions	onion	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cry	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not cry speech: express	present	grown ups		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	must	she	chopping onions	tree rules

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