Test 3 · ★★ · Being a good grown-up

Mum, to the school: "Sorry, I can't run the cake stall this year, I'm stretched too thin." Is Mum being lazy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Mum · What happens: not run, stall, stretch, be · To what, where: cake, I

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Mum, to the school: "Sorry, I can't run the cake stall this year, I'm stretched too thin."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 school	punct
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 school	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 school	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 run	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Sorry	punct
8	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	13 run	discourse
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Sorry	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 run	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 run	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 run	advmod
13	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Mum	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cake	det
15	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 run	obj
16	stall	stall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 run	conj
17	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 year	det
18	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stall	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 stretched	punct
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 stretched	nsubj:pass
21	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 stretched	aux:pass
22	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 run	advcl
23	too	too	ADV	_	24 thin	advmod
24	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 stretched	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	22 stretched	punct
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 stretched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not run in a quote	can	I	the cake			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cake=Trajectory
2	stall in a quote	infinitive	I not said here		year		vn delay-53.3-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stretch in a quote	present · passive		I		thin property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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 Mum being lazy?

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	4 lazy	cop
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lazy	nsubj
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lazy	cop
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 lazy	punct

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

The options

Option 1

No, she is too busy eating the cakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 busy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 busy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 busy	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 busy	advmod
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 busy	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cakes	det
9	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 eating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					busy property	tree rules
2	eat	gerund	she not said here	the cakes					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, grown-ups must always say yes to the school whenever they are asked

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	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	8 say	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 say	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 school	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 school	det
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obl
13	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 say	advmod
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 asked	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 asked	aux:pass
16	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 whenever	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	must	grown ups		the school	always, whenever property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to school=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask	present · passive		ups = up			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, she is saying a kind, clear no so she isn't exhausted

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 saying	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 saying	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 saying	aux
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 saying	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 clear	punct
9	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 saying	advcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 clear	obj
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 exhausted	advmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 exhausted	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 exhausted	aux:pass
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 exhausted	advmod
15	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saying	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	she	a kind	tree rules
2	clear	infinitive	she not said here	no	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent no=Source
3	not exhaust	present · passive		she	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, she just doesn't like cakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 like	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 like	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	7 like	advmod
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 like	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 like	advmod
7	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	she	cakes					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cake=Theme

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