Test 21 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

overheard dad on the phone: "we're going our separate ways, it's for the best". what does it mean and who can you talk to?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, phone · What happens: overhear, go, be, mean, talk · To what, where: dad, phone, separate ways · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★★ 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	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 overheard	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 phone	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 overheard	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 going	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 going	punct
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 going	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 going	aux
10	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 overheard	ccomp
11	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 ways	nmod:poss
12	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ways	amod
13	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 going	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 best	punct
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 best	expl
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 best	cop
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 best	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 best	det
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 going	xcomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 going	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 overheard	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 mean	obj
23	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 mean	aux
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 mean	nsubj
25	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 overheard	ccomp
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 talk	cc
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	30 talk	nsubj
28	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 talk	aux
29	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 talk	nsubj
30	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 mean	conj
31	to	to	ADP	_	30 talk	obl
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	overhear	past		dad	the phone		tree rules
2	go in a quote	present · progressive	we	our separate ways			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	we not said here			good property	tree rules
4	mean	present · do-support	phone				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
5	talk	can					vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

It's your fault, so keep it secret forever

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	4 fault	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fault	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fault	nmod:poss
4	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fault	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
10	forever	forever	ADV	_	7 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	your fault					tree rules
2	keep	infinitive		fault				forever, secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Dad is going on a business trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 trip	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 trip	det
6	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trip	compound
7	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	Dad			a business trip			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on trip=Location

Option 3

Mum and dad are walking home on two roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walking	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dad	cc
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walking	aux
5	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	home	home	ADV	_	5 walking	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 roads	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 roads	nummod
9	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · progressive	Mum and dad			two roads		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on road=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Mum and dad may be separating; you can ask them or another trusted adult about it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 separating	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 dad	cc
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 separating	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 separating	aux
6	separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 ask	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ask	aux
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 separating	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ask	iobj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 adult	cc
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 adult	det
14	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 adult	amod
15	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 separating	conj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 adult	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	separate	may · progressive	Mum and dad		vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	can	you	Mum	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
3	trust	participle			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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