Test 5 · ★★ · Family changes and grief
A boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new friend, boy · What happens: ask, not live, be · To what, where: boy
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 boy in foster care is asked by a new friend why he does not live with his mum.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 care | case |
| 4 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 care | compound |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 asked | aux:pass |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 friend | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 friend | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 friend | amod |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | obl:agent |
| 12 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 16 live | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 live | nsubj |
| 14 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 live | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 live | advmod |
| 16 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 asked | xcomp |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 mum | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 mum | nmod:poss |
| 19 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 live | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · passive | a new friend | a boy in foster care | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not live not said to happen | present · do-support | boy | with boy's mum | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He should never make friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 make | advmod |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make | should | He | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He can choose how much of his story to share
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 choose | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 choose | aux |
| 3 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 choose | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 story | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 story | nmod:poss |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 much | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 share | mark |
| 10 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 choose | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | can | He | much of his story | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | ||||
| 2 | share | to-infinitive | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
He must explain everything, right from the very start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 explain | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 explain | aux |
| 3 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 explain | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 right | punct |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 explain | advmod |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 start | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 start | det |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 start | advmod |
| 10 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | must | He | everything | right property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
Option 4
He must lie
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lie | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 lie | aux |
| 3 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must | He | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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