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Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

News: "The prince, who has been estranged from his family, flew home alone." What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: News · What happens: estrange, fly, be · To what, where: prince, family

This is test 4 · ★ 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: News: "The prince, who has been estranged from his family, flew home alone."

nsubjpunctpunctdetnmodpunctnsubj:passauxaux:passconjcasenmod:possoblpunctadvmodadvmodpunctpunctrootNewsNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTTheDETprinceNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhasAUXbeenAUXestrangedVERBfromADPhisPRONfamilyNOUN,PUNCTflewVERBhomeADValoneADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NewsnewsNOUNNumber=Sing15 flewnsubj
2::PUNCT_5 princepunct
3""PUNCT_5 princepunct
4ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 princedet
5princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing1 Newsnmod
6,,PUNCT_10 estrangedpunct
7whowhoPRONPronType=Rel10 estrangednsubj:pass
8hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 estrangedaux
9beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part10 estrangedaux:pass
10estrangedestrangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 princeconj
11fromfromADP_13 familycase
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 familynmod:poss
13familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing10 estrangedobl
14,,PUNCT_1 Newspunct
15flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
16homehomeADV_15 flewadvmod
17alonealoneADV_15 flewadvmod
18..PUNCT_15 flewpunct
19""PUNCT_15 flewpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1estrange in a quotepresent · perfect · passivethe princeNews's familytree rules
2fly in a quotepastNews the princealone, home propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He and his family are not in contact

nsubjccnmod:possconjcopadvmodcaserootHePRONandCCONJhisPRONfamilyNOUNareAUXnotPARTinADPcontactNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 contactnsubj
2andandCCONJ_4 familycc
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 familynmod:poss
4familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Heconj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 contactcop
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 contactadvmod
7ininADP_8 contactcase
8contactcontactNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not ispresentHecontacttree rules

Option 2

He was lost

nsubjaux:passrootHePRONwasAUXlostVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 lostnsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 lostaux:pass
3lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1losepast · passiveHevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

He is a stranger to all of them now

nsubjcopdetcasenmodcasenmodadvmodrootHePRONisAUXaDETstrangerNOUNtoADPallDETofADPthemPRONnowADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 strangernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 strangercop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 strangerdet
4strangerstrangerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5totoADP_6 allcase
6allallDETPronType=Tot4 strangernmod
7ofofADP_8 themcase
8themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 allnmod
9nownowADVPronType=Dem4 strangeradvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentHea strangernowto alltree rules

Option 4

He was adopted

nsubjaux:passrootHePRONwasAUXadoptedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 adoptednsubj
2wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 adoptedaux:pass
3adoptedadoptVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1adoptpast · passiveHevn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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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