Test 6 · ★★ · The parents walk in: how good parents react Big brother: "Mum's gonna kill you when she finds out." Isla tells Mum and gets a hug. What was wrong with his idea?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Big brother, Mum, Isla · What happens: kill, find out, tell, get, be · To what, where: you, Mum, hug · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Big brother: "Mum's gonna kill you when she finds out."
amod nsubj punct punct nsubj case flat:foreign obj mark nsubj advcl compound:prt punct punct root Big ADJ brother NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT Mum NOUN 's PART gonna X kill VERB you PRON when SCONJ she PRON finds VERB out ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Big big ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brother amod 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 8 kill nsubj 3 : : PUNCT _ 8 kill punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 kill punct 5 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 kill nsubj 6 's 's PART _ 5 Mum case 7 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 5 Mum flat:foreign 8 kill kill VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 kill obj 10 when when SCONJ _ 12 finds mark 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 finds nsubj 12 finds find VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 kill advcl 13 out out ADP _ 12 finds compound:prt 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 kill punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 8 kill punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 kill in a quote infinitive Big brother you vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme 2 find out in a quote present Mum vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
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: Isla tells Mum and gets a hug.
nsubj obj cc conj det obj punct root Isla PROPN tells VERB Mum NOUN and CCONJ gets VERB a DET hug NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 2 tells nsubj 2 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 tells obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 gets cc 5 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 tells conj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 hug det 7 hug hug NOUN Number=Sing 5 gets obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 tells punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present Isla Mum vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient 2 get present Isla not said here a hug vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hug=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What was wrong with his idea?
nsubj cop case nmod:poss obl punct root What PRON was AUX wrong ADJ with ADP his PRON idea NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 6 idea case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 idea nmod:poss 6 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past with Isla's idea; wrong property tree rules
The options Option 1 He was right, Mum was just pretending to be nice
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis mark cop xcomp root He PRON was AUX right ADJ , PUNCT Mum NOUN was AUX just ADV pretending VERB to PART be AUX nice ADJ 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 3 right nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 pretending punct 5 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 pretending nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 pretending aux 7 just just ADV _ 8 pretending advmod 8 pretending pretend VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 right parataxis 9 to to PART _ 11 nice mark 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 nice cop 11 nice nice ADJ Degree=Pos 8 pretending xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past He right property tree rules 2 pretend past · progressive Mum tree rules 3 is to-infinitive Mum not said here nice property tree rules
Option 2 He meant Mum would be very proud of Isla
nsubj nsubj aux cop advmod ccomp case obl root He PRON meant VERB Mum NOUN would AUX be AUX very ADV proud ADJ of ADP Isla PROPN 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 2 meant nsubj 2 meant mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 proud nsubj 4 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 proud aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 proud cop 6 very very ADV _ 7 proud advmod 7 proud proud ADJ Degree=Pos 2 meant ccomp 8 of of ADP _ 9 Isla case 9 Isla Isla PROPN Number=Sing 7 proud obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean past He vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is would Mum of Isla; proud property tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Mums only hug when they're too tired to shout
nsubj advmod mark nsubj cop advmod advcl mark xcomp root Mums NOUN only ADV hug VERB when SCONJ they PRON 're AUX too ADV tired ADJ to PART shout VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mums mum NOUN Number=Plur 3 hug nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 hug advmod 3 hug hug VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 8 tired mark 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 tired nsubj 6 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 tired cop 7 too too ADV _ 8 tired advmod 8 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 3 hug advcl 9 to to PART _ 10 shout mark 10 shout shout VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 tired xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hug present Mums vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Mums = mum tired property tree rules 3 shout speech: express to-infinitive Mums = mum not said here vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Good parents comfort a child who tells, not punish
amod nsubj det obj nsubj acl:relcl punct advmod conj root Good ADJ parents NOUN comfort VERB a DET child NOUN who PRON tells VERB , PUNCT not PART punish VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 parents amod 2 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 3 comfort nsubj 3 comfort comfort VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 child det 5 child child NOUN Number=Sing 3 comfort obj 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 tells nsubj 7 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 child acl:relcl 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 punish punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 10 punish advmod 10 punish punish VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 comfort conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 comfort present Good parents a child vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer 2 tell speech: assert present a child vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not punish infinitive Good parents not said here vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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.
← previous The parents walk in: how good parents…, test 5next → The parents walk in: how good parents…, test 7↑ back to The parents walk in: how good parents react This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/t6/