Test 3 · ★★ · Family changes and grief
A girl's mum asks her which parent she likes more since the divorce. What is a good answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: ask, like, be · To what, where: parent, more, good answer
This is test 3 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl's mum asks her which parent she likes more since the divorce.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | nsubj |
| 5 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 parent | nmod:poss |
| 7 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 8 parent | det |
| 8 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asks | obj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 likes | nsubj |
| 10 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 parent | acl:relcl |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 likes | obj |
| 12 | since | since | ADP | _ | 14 divorce | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 divorce | det |
| 14 | divorce | divorce | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 more | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a girl's mum | mum's parent | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | like | present | mum | more | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=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.
Sentence 2: What is a good answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 answer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 answer | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 answer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
"I like Dad best."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 like | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 like | obj |
| 5 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 like | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like in a quote | present | I | Dad | well property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dad=Theme |
Option 2
Run away and not answer
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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 answer | cc |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 answer | advmod |
| 5 | answer | answer | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 answer speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
"I like you best, because Dad is the bad one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 like | nsubj |
| 3 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 best | obj |
| 5 | best | well | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 like | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 one | mark |
| 8 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 one | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 one | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 11 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 like | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like in a quote | present | I | well property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Dad | the bad one | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
"I love you both and I don't want to choose."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 love | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 love | nsubj |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 love | obj |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 want | cc |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 want | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 want | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 want | advmod |
| 10 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 love | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 choose | mark |
| 12 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 want | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 love | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 love | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love in a quote | present | I | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | choose not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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