Test 4 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money

Why might a parent trust you with bigger jobs if you always do small chores properly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: do · To what, where: small chores

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 trust	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 trust	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 trust	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trust	compound
5	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 jobs	case
8	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 jobs	amod
9	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 you	nmod
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 do	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 do	advmod
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trust	parataxis
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 chores	amod
15	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 do	obj
16	properly	properly	ADV	_	13 do	advmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 trust	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	you	small chores				always, properly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality

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 · ✓ the right answer

Doing a job well builds trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 builds	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 job	det
3	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Doing	obj
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Doing	advmod
5	builds	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 builds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		a job				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
2	build	present	Doing	trust					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trust=Product

Option 2

Small chores do not matter to anyone at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 chores	amod
2	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 matter	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 matter	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 matter	advmod
5	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 matter	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	Small chores			all		to anyone	vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to anyone=Experiencer

Option 3

Parents only trust children who complain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trust	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 trust	advmod
3	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trust	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 complain	nsubj
6	complain	complain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 children	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	present	Parents	children					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	complain speech: other	present	children						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Doing chores badly shows you are busy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 shows	csubj
2	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Doing	obj
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Doing	advmod
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 busy	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 busy	cop
7	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	gerund		chores	badly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality
2	show	present	Doing			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you		busy property	tree rules

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