Test 11 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters

new baby gets all the attention, mum loves her more

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: new baby, mum · What happens: get, love · To what, where: attention, baby

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 213 «Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 baby	amod
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 attention	det:predet
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 attention	det
6	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 loves	punct
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 loves	nsubj
9	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 loves	obj
11	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 loves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	new baby	all attention					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus
2	love	present	mum	baby					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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's true, babies are loved more

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	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 loved	punct
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 loved	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 loved	aux:pass
7	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	love	present · passive		babies					tree rules

Option 2

Hide until they notice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 notice	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 notice	nsubj
4	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here						vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	notice	present	they						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask for special time with just you; parents love you just as much

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 time	case
3	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 time	amod
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 you	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 love	punct
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 love	nsubj
10	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 love	obj
12	just	just	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here				time	with you	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	love	present	parents	you					tree rules

Option 4

Be mean to the baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 mean	cop
2	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 baby	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mean	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					to the baby; mean property	tree rules

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