Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★
Your cousin, whose mum and dad split up last year, says «if I'm proper good they'll get back together.» What's the kind, true reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, I, mum, kind true reply · What happens: split up, say, be, get back · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 61 «Olympiad: what is really going on ★★★» 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: Your cousin, whose mum and dad split up last year, says «if I'm proper good they'll get back together.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 split | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mum | punct |
| 4 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cousin | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dad | cc |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | conj |
| 8 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 split | compound:prt |
| 10 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 year | amod |
| 11 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 split | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 split | parataxis |
| 14 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 22 get | punct |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 19 good | mark |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 good | nsubj |
| 17 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 good | cop |
| 18 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 19 good | advmod |
| 19 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 get | advcl |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 get | nsubj |
| 21 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 get | aux |
| 22 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 says | ccomp |
| 23 | back | back | ADV | _ | 24 together | advmod |
| 24 | together | together | ADV | _ | 22 get | advmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 get | punct |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 22 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split up | past | Your cousin | year | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | good, properly property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | get back in a quote | future | mum | together property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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's the kind, true reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reply | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reply | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kind | punct |
| 6 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 reply | amod |
| 7 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind true reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That's not how it works, and it was never your fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 works | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 works | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 works | advmod |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 works | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 works | nsubj |
| 6 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 fault | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 fault | cc |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 fault | cop |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 fault | advmod |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fault | nmod:poss |
| 13 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 works | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | That | work property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | it | your fault | tree rules |
Option 2
No, because your parents don't love you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 love | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 love | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 love | mark |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 parents | nmod:poss |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 love | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 love | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 love | advmod |
| 8 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present · do-support | your parents | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 3
Only if you also do all the chores
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 do | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 chores | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chores | det |
| 8 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | you | all chores | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |
Option 4
Yes, if you try very hard they will
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 try | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 try | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 try | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 try | nsubj |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 hard | advmod |
| 7 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 try | advmod |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 will | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 hard | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | you | hard property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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