Test 10 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up
Auntie at the station: "So proud of him, but the house will be so empty." How does she feel?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: house, she · What happens: be, feel
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 40 «Being a good grown-up» 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: Auntie at the station: "So proud of him, but the house will be so empty."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 station | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 station | det |
| 4 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 proud | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 proud | punct |
| 7 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 proud | advmod |
| 8 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 proud | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 empty | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 empty | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 house | det |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 empty | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 empty | aux |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 empty | cop |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 empty | advmod |
| 18 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 proud | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 proud | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 proud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | future | the house | empty property | 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: How does she feel?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | she | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Proud and sad at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 sad | cc |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Proud | conj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Proud | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Only worried about the train
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 worried | advmod |
| 2 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 train | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 train | det |
| 5 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worried | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Only happy that he's gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 happy | advmod |
| 2 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 gone | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gone | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gone | cop |
| 6 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happy | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | gone property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only angry at the station
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 angry | advmod |
| 2 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 station | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 station | det |
| 5 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 angry | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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