Test 11 · ★ · The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America…
Auntie Bev: «If Meghan's dad didn't come, she must have banned him.» Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, that · What happens: not come, ban, be · To what, where: Meghan
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 44 «The royal family in the news: a wedding, a move to America, an interview and a book» 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 Bev: «If Meghan's dad didn't come, she must have banned him.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | auntie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Bev | Bev | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Auntie | appos |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 come | punct |
| 5 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 6 | Meghan | Meghan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Meghan | case |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 come | advmod |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Auntie | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 banned | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 banned | aux |
| 15 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 banned | aux |
| 16 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 come | parataxis |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 banned | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Auntie | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come in a quote | past · do-support | Meghan's dad | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ban in a quote | must · perfect · passive | Meghan | 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: Is that fair?
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 fair | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was reported he had heart surgery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 reported | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reported | aux:pass |
| 5 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 had | advcl |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surgery | compound |
| 9 | surgery | surgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | past · passive | it | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | have | past | he | heart surgery | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgery=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, the Palace said she banned him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Palace | det |
| 4 | Palace | Palace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 banned | nsubj |
| 7 | banned | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 banned | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Palace | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ban | past | Palace | him = he | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, he was busy at work that day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 busy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 busy | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 busy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 busy | cop |
| 5 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 work | case |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busy | obl |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 busy | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | work | day | busy property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, everyone knows she banned him from coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 knows | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 knows | nsubj |
| 4 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 banned | nsubj |
| 6 | banned | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 knows | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 banned | obj |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 coming | mark |
| 9 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 banned | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | ban | past | she | him = he | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | gerund | she not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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