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Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child…

Aunt: "Kids gone to uni, house is so quiet. Proper empty nester now." What has happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kids, Aunt · What happens: go, be, happen · To what, where: Aunt

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» 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: Aunt: "Kids gone to uni, house is so quiet.

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjacl:relclcaseoblpunctconjcopadvmodpunctrootAuntNOUN:PUNCT"PUNCTKidsNOUNgoneVERBtoADPuniNOUN,PUNCThouseNOUNisAUXsoADVquietADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AuntauntNOUNNumber=Sing12 quietnsubj
2::PUNCT_5 gonepunct
3""PUNCT_5 gonepunct
4KidskidNOUNNumber=Plur5 gonensubj
5gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Auntacl:relcl
6totoADP_7 unicase
7uniuniNOUNNumber=Sing5 goneobl
8,,PUNCT_9 housepunct
9househouseNOUNNumber=Sing7 uniconj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 quietcop
11sosoADV_12 quietadvmod
12quietquietADJDegree=Posrootroot
13..PUNCT_12 quietpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1go in a quoteparticipleKidsAunt not said hereto uni and housetree rules
2is in a quotepresentAuntquiet propertytree 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: Proper empty nester now."

amodamodadvmodpunctpunctrootProperADJemptyADJnesterNOUNnowADV.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ProperproperADJDegree=Pos3 nesteramod
2emptyemptyADJDegree=Pos3 nesteramod
3nesternesterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4nownowADVPronType=Dem3 nesteradvmod
5..PUNCT_3 nesterpunct
6""PUNCT_3 nesterpunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What has happened?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONhasAUXhappenedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happenednsubj
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 happenedaux
3happenedhappenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresent · perfectvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

Her children have moved out

nmod:possnsubjauxcompound:prtrootHerPRONchildrenNOUNhaveAUXmovedVERBoutADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 childrennmod:poss
2childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 movednsubj
3havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 movedaux
4movedmoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5outoutADP_4 movedcompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1move outpresent · perfectHer childrenvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Her birds flew south

nmod:possnsubjadvmodrootHerPRONbirdsNOUNflewVERBsouthADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 birdsnmod:poss
2birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur3 flewnsubj
3flewflyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4southsouthADV_3 flewadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1flypastHer birdssouth propertyvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Her pets ran away from home

nmod:possnsubjadvmodcaseoblrootHerPRONpetsNOUNranVERBawayADVfromADPhomeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 petsnmod:poss
2petspetNOUNNumber=Plur3 rannsubj
3ranrunVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4awayawayADV_3 ranadvmod
5fromfromADP_6 homecase
6homehomeNOUNNumber=Sing3 ranobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1run awaypastHer petshomeaway propertyvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory

Option 4

She sold her furniture

nsubjnmod:possobjrootShePRONsoldVERBherPRONfurnitureNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 soldnsubj
2soldsellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 furniturenmod:poss
4furniturefurnitureNOUNNumber=Sing2 soldobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sellpastSheher furniturevn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent furniture=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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