Test 19 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners

cousin goes "u wanna know a secret? Uncle Dan n Auntie Rose are getting a divorce"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, u, Auntie Rose · What happens: go, know, get · To what, where: secret, divorce

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 104 «Growing up, honesty and manners» of the everyday 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: cousin goes "u wanna know a secret?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 know	punct
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
5	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	6 know	dep
6	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 secret	det
8	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 know	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	cousin						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know in a quote	infinitive	u	a secret					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=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: Uncle Dan n Auntie Rose are getting a divorce"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Dan	compound
2	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rose	nmod:poss
3	n	n	PART	_	2 Dan	case
4	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Rose	compound
5	Rose	Rose	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 getting	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 getting	aux
7	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 divorce	det
9	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 getting	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · progressive	Uncle Dan's Auntie Rose	a divorce					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer divorce=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Uncle Dan and Auntie Rose are going to divorce; that is their private business, so do not pass it on

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 going	nsubj
2	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	flat
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Auntie	cc
4	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Uncle	conj
5	Rose	Rose	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Auntie	flat
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 divorce	mark
9	divorce	divorce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 going	xcomp
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 business	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 business	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 business	cop
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 business	nmod:poss
14	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 business	amod
15	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 pass	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 pass	advmod
18	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 pass	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 pass	advmod
20	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 going	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 pass	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	20 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	Uncle and Auntie		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	divorce	to-infinitive	Uncle and Auntie not said here		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	that	Uncle's private business	tree rules
4	not pass on	infinitive · do-support	Uncle and Auntie not said here	business	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It means they are moving to another country far away and taking the cousins too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moving	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moving	aux
5	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 country	case
7	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obl
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	5 moving	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 taking	cc
12	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 moving	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cousins	det
14	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 taking	obj
15	too	too	ADV	_	12 taking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present · progressive	they		another country	away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to country=Trajectory
3	take	gerund	they not said here	the cousins			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cousin=Theme

Option 3

It means they are going to buy a big new house together and move in there soon

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 going	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 move	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 buy	mark
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 house	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 house	amod
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 house	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj
12	together	together	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 move	cc
14	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 there	case
16	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 move	obl
17	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 move	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	go	present · progressive	they		together property	vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	buy	to-infinitive	they not said here	a big new house		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme
4	move	present			soon property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in there=Trajectory

Option 4

Tell everyone at the party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 party	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone	the party			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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