Test 2 · ★ · Sadness, jealousy, boredom, pride and brothers and sisters
A girl says, "Mum loves the new baby more than me." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, Mum · What happens: say, love, be · To what, where: new baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl says, "Mum loves the new baby more than me."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | nsubj |
| 7 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 baby | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 baby | amod |
| 10 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | obj |
| 11 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 loves | advmod |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 me | case |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 more | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 loves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present | Mum | the new baby | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The baby will always get more love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 love | amod |
| 7 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | the baby | more love | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus |
Option 2
She must earn back the love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 earn | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 earn | aux |
| 3 | earn | earn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 earn | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 love | det |
| 6 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 earn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn back | must | She | the love | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Theme |
Option 3
Parents can love only one child at a time, so the newest one wins
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | aux |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 one | advmod |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 child | nummod |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wins | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 wins | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | newest | new | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 wins | nsubj |
| 15 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | can | Parents | one child | time | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | win | present | the newest one | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Parents still love her as much; babies just need lots of care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 love | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 love | advmod |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 love | obj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 much | case |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 love | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 need | punct |
| 8 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 need | nsubj |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 need | advmod |
| 10 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 love | parataxis |
| 11 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 need | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 care | case |
| 13 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Parents | her = she | still | as much | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | need | present | babies | lots of care | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lot=Theme |
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