Test 5 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react
Dad, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago." Who is he blaming?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: hiss, put, blame · To what, where: Mum, kitchen, Dad, PIN
This is test 5 · ★★ 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, hissing to Mum in the kitchen: "We should've put a PIN on it months ago."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hissing | punct |
| 3 | hissing | hiss | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Dad | acl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hissing | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 kitchen | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kitchen | det |
| 8 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hissing | obl |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| 11 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 put | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 put | aux |
| 13 | 've | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 put | aux |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 PIN | det |
| 16 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 put | obl |
| 19 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ago | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 14 put | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hiss | gerund | Dad not said here | Mum | the kitchen | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mum=Recipient | |||
| 2 | put in a quote | should · perfect · passive | Dad | PIN | ago property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset pin=Goal |
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: Who is he blaming?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 blaming | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 blaming | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 blaming | nsubj |
| 4 | blaming | blame | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 blaming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | present · progressive | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The neighbours, for having a louder TV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 neighbours | det |
| 2 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 having | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 having | punct |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 having | mark |
| 5 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 TV | det |
| 7 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 TV | amod |
| 8 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | the neighbours | a louder TV | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient |
Option 2
The TV shop, for selling them the TV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 2 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shop | compound |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 selling | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 selling | punct |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 6 selling | mark |
| 6 | selling | sell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 selling | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 TV | det |
| 9 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 selling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | gerund | the TV shop | them = they | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient tv=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Himself and Mum, for not setting it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 setting | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 Mum | cc |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Himself | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 setting | punct |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 setting | mark |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 setting | advmod |
| 7 | setting | set | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 setting | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 setting | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not set up | gerund | Himself = he | it | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
Option 4
Their child, for using the TV at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 child | nmod:poss |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 using | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 using | punct |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 using | mark |
| 5 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 TV | det |
| 7 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 using | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 using | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | Their child | the TV | all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=Patient |
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