Test 3 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react
Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me." What does Mum promise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, mum · What happens: happen, not be, tell, promise · To what, where: trouble, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Ella's mum: "If it ever happens again, you won't be in trouble for telling me."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ella | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 trouble | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 trouble | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 trouble | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 happens | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 happens | nsubj |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 happens | advmod |
| 9 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 trouble | advcl |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 happens | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 happens | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 17 trouble | nsubj |
| 13 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 trouble | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 trouble | advmod |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 trouble | cop |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 trouble | case |
| 17 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 19 telling | mark |
| 19 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 trouble | advcl |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 telling | iobj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 trouble | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 trouble | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | it | ever; again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | future | Ella's mum | trouble | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert in a quote | gerund | Ella's mum not said here | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient |
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: What does Mum promise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 promise | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 promise | aux |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 promise | nsubj |
| 4 | promise | promise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 promise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | present · do-support | Mum | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Telling won't get her into trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 get | csubj |
| 2 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 trouble | case |
| 7 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not get | future | Telling | her = she | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 2
She'll never be in trouble for anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 trouble | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 trouble | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 trouble | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 trouble | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 trouble | case |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 anything | case |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 trouble | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | future | She | trouble | for anything | tree rules |
Option 3
She must tell only if it happens twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 tell | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 happens | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 happens | nsubj |
| 7 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | advcl |
| 8 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 happens | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | must | She | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | happen a condition, not said to happen | present | it | twice property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It will never ever happen again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 happen | advmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | future | It | ever; again | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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