Test 17 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

mum says we're moving after the divorce, i'm so scared

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, we, i · What happens: say, move, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 moving	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moving	aux
5	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 divorce	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 divorce	det
8	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 scared	punct
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 scared	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 scared	cop
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 scared	advmod
13	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present · progressive	we	after the divorce		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	i		scared property	tree rules

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

Keep quiet and hope it stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 hope	cc
4	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stops	nsubj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hope	present	you not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	stop	present	it		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Run away so you don't have to move house at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 have	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 have	advmod
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 move	mark
9	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 move	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here			away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not have	present · do-support	you				tree rules
3	move	to-infinitive	you not said here	house	all		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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

Tell her how you feel and ask your questions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 feel	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 questions	nmod:poss
9	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	feel	present	you			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	your questions		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient
4	question		your			nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Blame your sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blame	blame	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blame	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	imperative	you not said here	your sister					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme

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