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Test 10 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react

Dad's voice goes sharp: "What's that? Off, now!" A minute later he says sorry and sits down with Jake. What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: voice, that, minute, this · What happens: go, be, say, sit down, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 59 «The parents walk in: how good parents react» 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: Dad's voice goes sharp: "What's that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 voice	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dad	case
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	xcomp
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 What	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 What	punct
8	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 goes	parataxis
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 What	cop
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 What	nsubj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Dad's voice					sharp property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	that						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: Off, now!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Off	off	ADV	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Off	punct
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Off	advmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Off	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Off	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: A minute later he says sorry and sits down with Jake.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 minute	det
2	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 minute	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sits	cc
8	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	conj
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 sits	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 Jake	case
11	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sits	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	a minute					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	sit down	present	a minute not said here					with Jake	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Even good parents get a shock, then calm down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 parents	advmod
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 parents	amod
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shock	det
6	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 calm	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 calm	advmod
9	calm	calm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	advcl
10	down	down	ADP	_	9 calm	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	good parents	a shock					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shock=Stimulus
2	calm down	infinitive	good parents not said here				then		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Sorry means Dad will let him watch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Sorry						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let	future	Dad	him = he					tree rules
3	watch	infinitive	him = he not said here	it					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Dad was angry with Jake and still is, deep down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Jake	case
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 is	cc
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 is	advmod
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 down	punct
10	deep	deep	ADV	_	11 down	advmod
11	down	down	ADV	_	3 angry	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Dad					with Jake; angry property	tree rules
2	be	present	Dad not said here				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Jake should feel ashamed for a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 feel	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	should	Jake				time	ashamed property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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