Test 20 · ★★ · Family changes and grief
did u hear the new girl's adopted, her real mum was in prison or something. should u spread it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, real mum · What happens: hear, adopt, be, spread · To what, where: new girl, prison
This is test 20 · ★★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 spread | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 girl | amod |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 8 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 girl | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 prison | punct |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mum | amod |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 prison | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 prison | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 prison | case |
| 15 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 adopted | obl |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 something | cc |
| 17 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 prison | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 19 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 spread | aux |
| 20 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 spread | nsubj |
| 21 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 spread | obj |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 21 spread | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | the new girl | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | adopt | participle | the new girl not said here | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | girl's real mum | prison | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | spread | should | u | prison | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
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
Yes, adoption is nothing to hide anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 nothing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | adoption | adoption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nothing | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 nothing | cop |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hide | mark |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 nothing | acl |
| 8 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 hide | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | adoption | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | to-infinitive | anyway property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, her story is hers to tell or keep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hers | punct |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 story | nmod:poss |
| 4 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hers | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hers | cop |
| 6 | hers | her | PRON | Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 tell | mark |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hers | acl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 keep | cc |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 tell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | her story | hers = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | keep | infinitive | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if you ask her first in front of others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ask | iobj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 ask | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 others | case |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | you | her = she | front of others | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 4
Yes, the whole class has a right to know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 class | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 class | amod |
| 5 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 right | det |
| 8 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 know | mark |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 right | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the whole class | a right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | to-infinitive | the whole class not said here | a right not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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