Test 11 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

dad says bad stuff about mum, i dunno what to say

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, i · What happens: say, dunno · To what, where: bad stuff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» 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	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stuff	amod
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 mum	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuff	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dunno	punct
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 dunno	nsubj
9	dunno	dunno	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 say	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 dunno	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	dad	bad stuff	about mum	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic
2	dunno	present	i			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	i not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 · ✓ the right answer

Say you love both and don't want to choose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 love	nsubj
3	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	ccomp
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 love	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 want	cc
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 want	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 want	advmod
8	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 love	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 choose	mark
10	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	present	you	both	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer both=Stimulus
3	not want	present · do-support	you not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	choose not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Agree with whoever is talking at the time, it's easier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 whoever	case
3	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Agree	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 talking	aux
5	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 whoever	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 easier	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 easier	expl
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 easier	cop
12	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Agree	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here		with whoever	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whoever=Co-Agent
2	talk	present · progressive		time		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			easy property	tree rules

Option 3

Stop speaking to both

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 both	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	speak speech: other	gerund	you not said here					to both	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to both=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tell mum everything he says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	obj
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 everything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	everything	mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient everything=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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