Test 2 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

bro the baby was so sick and crying nonstop, his mom was lowkey freaking out

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, mom · What happens: be, cry, freak out · To what, where: nonstop

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» of the books 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sick	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baby	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bro	conj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 sick	advmod
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crying	cc
8	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sick	conj
9	nonstop	nonstop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crying	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 freaking	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mom	nmod:poss
12	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 freaking	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 freaking	aux
14	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	15 freaking	advmod
15	freaking	freak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sick	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 freaking	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	bro and the baby		sick property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund	bro and the baby not said here	nonstop		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonstop=Topic
3	freak out	past · progressive	his mom		lowkey property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1

the baby was sick from his teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sick	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 teeth	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 teeth	nmod:poss
7	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby			his teeth		sick property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

the baby was sick because the nurse was feeding him weird stuff at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sick	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 feeding	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nurse	det
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feeding	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 feeding	aux
9	feeding	feed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sick	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feeding	iobj
11	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stuff	amod
12	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feeding	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 night	case
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 feeding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby					sick property	tree rules
2	feed	past · progressive	the nurse	weird stuff	him = he		night		vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient stuff=Theme

Option 3

the baby was upset about milk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upset	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 upset	cop
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 milk	case
6	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 upset	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby					about milk; upset property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the baby was sick because of his teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sick	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sick	cop
4	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 teeth	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	5 because	fixed
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teeth	nmod:poss
8	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the baby					because his teeth; sick property	tree rules

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