Test 22 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

kid at school says "ur mum's got a boyfriend already, ur dad's only been gone a year, that's weird" — what's fair to think?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, mum, that · What happens: say, get, go, be, think · To what, where: boyfriend, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★★ 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	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 school	case
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
6	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 got	aux
9	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 boyfriend	det
11	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 got	obj
12	already	already	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gone	punct
14	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 dad	nmod:poss
15	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gone	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 gone	aux
17	only	only	ADV	_	19 gone	advmod
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 gone	aux:pass
19	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 got	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 year	det
21	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gone	obl:unmarked
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 weird	punct
23	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 weird	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 weird	cop
25	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 weird	punct
27	—	-	PUNCT	_	30 fair	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 fair	nsubj
29	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 fair	cop
30	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
31	to	to	PART	_	32 think	mark
32	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 fair	csubj
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid at school				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get in a quote	present · passive	ur's mum	a boyfriend			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boyfriend=Stimulus
3	go in a quote	present · passive		ur's dad	year		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
4	is in a quote	present	that			weird property	tree rules
5	is	present				fair property	tree rules
6	think speech: other	to-infinitive					vn focus-87.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer

It's your mum's private life; the kid is being unkind, and you can tell a trusted adult

The tree, 19 words

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	7 life	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 life	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mum	case
6	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 unkind	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 kid	det
10	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 unkind	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 unkind	cop
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 unkind	cop
13	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tell	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tell	cc
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 tell	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 tell	aux
18	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 unkind	conj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 adult	det
20	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 adult	amod
21	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	your mum's private life			tree rules
2	is	present	the kid			unkind property	tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	can	you		a trusted adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The kid is right, so be angry at mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 angry	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 angry	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 angry	cop
8	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 right	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 mum	case
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the kid					right property	tree rules
2	is	infinitive	the kid not said here					at mum; angry property	tree rules

Option 3

Ask the whole class to vote if it's weird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 class	det
3	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 class	amod
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 vote	mark
6	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 weird	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 weird	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 weird	cop
10	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 vote	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the whole class		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent class=Recipient clause=Topic
2	vote not said to happen	to-infinitive	the whole class not said here			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	class		weird property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Hit the kid so he stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hit	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 stops	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stops	nsubj
6	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hit	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	imperative	you not said here	the kid					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kid=Co-Theme
2	stop	present	kid						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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