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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kid | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 family | punct |
| 4 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 family | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 family | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 7 | blended | blend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 family | amod |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 got | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 family | acl:relcl |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 stepsisters | nummod |
| 13 | stepsisters | stepsister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 got | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 got | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 family | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blend in a quote | participle | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | We | a blended family | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | past | I | 2 stepsisters | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
There is a stepparent with children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stepparent | det |
| 4 | stepparent | stepparent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stepparent | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a stepparent with children | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
The family likes making fruit smoothies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 likes | nsubj |
| 3 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 likes | xcomp |
| 5 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smoothies | compound |
| 6 | smoothies | smoothie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 making | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | the family | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make not said to happen | gerund | the family not said here | fruit smoothies | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smoothie=Product |
Option 3
The sisters are twins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sisters | det |
| 2 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 twins | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 twins | cop |
| 4 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sisters | twins | tree rules |
Option 4
The family is mixed-race
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mixed | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mixed | aux:pass |
| 4 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 mixed | punct |
| 6 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mixed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | present · passive | the family | vn 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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