Test 21 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

heard mum on the phone whispering "they're splitting up, don't tell the kids", now my tummy feels funny

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, tummy · What happens: hear, whisper, split up, not tell, feel · To what, where: mum, phone, kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 phone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 heard	obl
6	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 heard	advcl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 splitting	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 splitting	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 splitting	aux
10	splitting	split	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 whispering	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 splitting	compound:prt
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tell	punct
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 tell	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 tell	advmod
15	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kids	det
17	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 tell	iobj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 tell	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 feels	punct
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 feels	advmod
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 tummy	nmod:poss
22	tummy	tummy	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 feels	nsubj
23	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	conj
24	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past		mum		the phone			tree rules
2	whisper speech: assert	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	split up in a quote	present · progressive	they						vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support			the kids				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
5	feel	present	my tummy				now	funny property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

It means they are moving house, nothing to feel

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	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 nothing	punct
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 moving	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 feel	mark
10	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 nothing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present · progressive	they	house	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	feel	to-infinitive	they not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Someone's parents may be divorcing; it is ok to feel worried, so talk to mum or another trusted adult

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 parents	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Someone	case
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 divorcing	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 divorcing	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 divorcing	aux
6	divorcing	divorce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 ok	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ok	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ok	cop
10	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 divorcing	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 feel	mark
12	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ok	csubj
13	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feel	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 talk	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 talk	advmod
16	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 divorcing	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 mum	case
18	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 talk	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 adult	cc
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	22 adult	det
21	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 adult	amod
22	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 mum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	divorce	may · progressive	Someone's parents		vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it	ok property	tree rules
3	feel	to-infinitive		worried property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	talk	infinitive	Someone's parents not said here	to mum or another trusted adult	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mum=Co-Agent
5	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It means you are in trouble, so hide

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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hide	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 hide	advmod
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you	trouble	tree rules
3	hide	infinitive			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It means you must tell all your friends right away

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	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 tell	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	aux
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 friends	det:predet
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	iobj
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod

#	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 clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	must	you		your friends			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient

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