Test 6 · ★★ · Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies Auntie Bev: "That actor's a terrible dad, never sees his kids." The magazine only said he was filming abroad. What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: actor, terrible dad, magazine, problem · What happens: be, not see, say, film · To what, where: terrible dad, kids · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 47 «Viral rumours, cancellations, fakes and apologies» 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: "That actor's a terrible dad, never sees his kids."
appos punct punct det nsubj cop det amod appos punct advmod acl:relcl nmod:poss obj punct punct root Auntie NOUN Bev PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT That DET actor NOUN 's AUX a DET terrible ADJ dad NOUN , PUNCT never ADV sees VERB his PRON kids NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 _ 10 dad punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 10 dad punct 5 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 6 actor det 6 actor actor NOUN Number=Sing 10 dad nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 dad cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 dad det 9 terrible terrible ADJ Degree=Pos 10 dad amod 10 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 1 Auntie appos 11 , , PUNCT _ 13 sees punct 12 never never ADV PronType=Neg 13 sees advmod 13 sees see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 dad acl:relcl 14 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 kids nmod:poss 15 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 13 sees obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 10 dad punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 10 dad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote present that actor a terrible dad tree rules 2 not see in a quote present a terrible dad not said here Bev's kids vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
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: The magazine only said he was filming abroad.
det nsubj advmod nsubj aux ccomp advmod punct root The DET magazine NOUN only ADV said VERB he PRON was AUX filming VERB abroad ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 magazine det 2 magazine magazine NOUN Number=Sing 4 said nsubj 3 only only ADV _ 4 said advmod 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 filming nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 filming aux 7 filming film VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 said ccomp 8 abroad abroad ADV _ 7 filming advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past the magazine vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 film past · progressive magazine abroad property vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the problem?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET problem NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 problem det 4 problem problem NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the problem tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Magazines know families very well
nsubj obj advmod advmod root Magazines NOUN know VERB families NOUN very ADV well ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Magazines magazine NOUN Number=Plur 2 know nsubj 2 know know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 families family NOUN Number=Plur 2 know obj 4 very very ADV _ 5 well advmod 5 well well ADV Degree=Pos 2 know advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 know present Magazines families well property vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Judging his parenting from a work schedule
nmod:poss obj case det compound obl root Judging VERB his PRON parenting NOUN from ADP a DET work NOUN schedule NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Judging judge VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 parenting nmod:poss 3 parenting parenting NOUN Number=Sing 1 Judging obj 4 from from ADP _ 7 schedule case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 schedule det 6 work work NOUN Number=Sing 7 schedule compound 7 schedule schedule NOUN Number=Sing 1 Judging obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 judge gerund his parenting a work schedule vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent parenting=Value
Option 3 His kids must have rung up the magazine and told them everything
nmod:poss nsubj:pass aux aux compound:prt det obj cc conj iobj obj root His PRON kids NOUN must AUX have AUX rung VERB up ADP the DET magazine NOUN and CCONJ told VERB them PRON everything PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 kids nmod:poss 2 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 5 rung nsubj:pass 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 rung aux 4 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 rung aux 5 rung ring VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 up up ADP _ 5 rung compound:prt 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 magazine det 8 magazine magazine NOUN Number=Sing 5 rung obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 told cc 10 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 rung conj 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 told iobj 12 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 10 told obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ring up must · perfect · passive His kids tree rules 2 tell speech: assert past everything kids = kid vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient everything=Topic
Option 4 He should never have gone to work
nsubj aux advmod aux mark xcomp root He PRON should AUX never ADV have AUX gone VERB to PART work VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 gone nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 gone aux 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 gone advmod 4 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 gone aux 5 gone go VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 6 to to PART _ 7 work mark 7 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 gone xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go should · perfect He vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 work to-infinitive He not said here vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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