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Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: We, I · What happens: blend, be, get · To what, where: blended family, 2 stepsisters

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family» of the euphemisms 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: Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters."

punctpunctnsubjcopdetamodappospunctnsubjacl:relclnummodobjpunctpunctrootKidNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTWePRON'reAUXaDETblendedVERBfamilyNOUN,PUNCTIPRONgotVERB2NUMstepsistersNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KidkidNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_1 Kidpunct
3""PUNCT_8 familypunct
4WewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs8 familynsubj
5'rebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 familycop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 familydet
7blendedblendVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 familyamod
8familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Kidappos
9,,PUNCT_11 gotpunct
10IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 gotnsubj
11gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 familyacl:relcl
1222NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card13 stepsistersnummod
13stepsistersstepsisterNOUNNumber=Plur11 gotobj
14..PUNCT_11 gotpunct
15""PUNCT_8 familypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1blend in a quoteparticiplevn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2is a in a quotepresentWea blended familytree rules
3get in a quotepastI2 stepsistersvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepsister=Stimulus

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 is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

There is a stepparent with children

expldetnsubjcasenmodrootTherePRONisVERBaDETstepparentNOUNwithADPchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 stepparentdet
4stepparentstepparentNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
5withwithADP_6 childrencase
6childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 stepparentnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresenta stepparent with childrentherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The family likes making fruit smoothies

detnsubjxcompcompoundobjrootTheDETfamilyNOUNlikesVERBmakingVERBfruitNOUNsmoothiesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 familydet
2familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing3 likesnsubj
3likeslikeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4makingmakeVERBVerbForm=Ger3 likesxcomp
5fruitfruitNOUNNumber=Sing6 smoothiescompound
6smoothiessmoothieNOUNNumber=Plur4 makingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1likepresentthe familyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2make not said to happengerundthe family not said herefruit smoothiesvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smoothie=Product

Option 3

The sisters are twins

detnsubjcoprootTheDETsistersNOUNareAUXtwinsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 sistersdet
2sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur4 twinsnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 twinscop
4twinstwinNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe sisterstwinstree rules

Option 4

The family is mixed-race

detnsubjaux:passpunctobjrootTheDETfamilyNOUNisAUXmixedVERB-PUNCTraceNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 familydet
2familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing4 mixednsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 mixedaux:pass
4mixedmixVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5--PUNCT_4 mixedpunct
6raceraceNOUNNumber=Sing4 mixedobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mixpresent · passivethe familyvn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary race=Product

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.

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