Test 21 · ★ · Growing up, honesty and manners

mum told me "it's grown-up stuff" when i asked why dad sleeps on the sofa

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, i, dad · What happens: tell, grow up, ask, sleep · To what, where: me, it, sofa · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 grown	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 grown	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 grown	aux:pass
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 told	ccomp
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 up	punct
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 grown	compound:prt
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 grown	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 grown	punct
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 asked	advmod
13	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 asked	nsubj
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	advcl
15	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 sleeps	advmod
16	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sleeps	nsubj
17	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 asked	ccomp
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 sofa	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sofa	det
20	sofa	sofa	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sleeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	mum		me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
2	grow up in a quote	present · passive		it			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary stuff=Product
3	ask speech: ask	past	i				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	sleep	present	dad			the sofa	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Ask everyone at school what it means, then tell your mum what they said

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Ask	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 means	obj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 means	nsubj
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 tell	advmod
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	parataxis
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mum	nmod:poss
12	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tell	obj
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 said	obj
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 said	nsubj
15	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	everyone		school		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
2	mean	present	school					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive			your mum		then	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert	past	they					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Your parents may be having trouble getting on; it is not your fault, and a trusted adult can help

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 having	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 having	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 having	aux
5	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 having	obj
7	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 trouble	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 getting	compound:prt
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 fault	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fault	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fault	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 fault	advmod
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fault	nmod:poss
14	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 having	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 help	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 help	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 adult	det
18	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 adult	amod
19	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 help	nsubj
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 help	aux
21	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 having	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	may · progressive	Your parents	trouble	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Patient
2	get on	gerund	trouble not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	not is a	present	trouble	your fault	tree rules
4	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	help	can	a trusted adult		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It means dad is ill

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	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ill	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ill	cop
5	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	dad					ill property	tree rules

Option 4

It means the bed is broken and they are waiting for a new one to arrive

The tree, 16 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bed	det
4	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 broken	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 broken	aux:pass
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 waiting	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 waiting	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 waiting	aux
10	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 one	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waiting	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 arrive	mark
16	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	break	present · passive		the bed		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	wait	present · progressive	they		for a new one	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	arrive	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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