Test 9 · ★★★ · Relative clauses
«whose and who's are the same, just spelt different». Are they?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: be
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Relative clauses» of the English 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: «whose and who's are the same, just spelt different».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 whose | punct |
| 2 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 8 same | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 same | cc |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 same | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 same | cop |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 same | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 same | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 spelt | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 spelt | advmod |
| 11 | spelt | spelt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 same | obl |
| 12 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spelt | amod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 different | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 same | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | spelt obl; same property | tree rules |
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: Are they?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Are | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Are | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | does | present | they | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, they mean the same thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 mean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | they | the same thing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |
Option 2
No, who's is the name of a small place in Wales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 name | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 name | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 name | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 name | cop |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 name | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 place | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 place | det |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 place | amod |
| 11 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Wales | case |
| 13 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 place | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the name | of a small place in Wales | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, but who's is the American spelling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 spelling | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 spelling | cc |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 spelling | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 spelling | cop |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 spelling | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spelling | det |
| 8 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spelling | amod |
| 9 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the American spelling | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, whose shows belonging; who's means who is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 belonging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 belonging | punct |
| 3 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 4 shows | nmod:poss |
| 4 | shows | show | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 belonging | nsubj |
| 5 | belonging | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 means | csubj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 means | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 means | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 means | cop |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 means | ccomp |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 who | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | gerund | shows | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | mean property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | tree rules |
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