Test 21 · ★ · Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners

at a wedding gran says "the happy couple are just made for each other". what does it mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: wedding gran, couple · What happens: say, make, mean · To what, where: happy couple · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ of lesson 296 «Greetings, goodbyes, please and thank you, and table manners» 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	at	at	ADP	_	4 gran	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 gran	det
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gran	compound
4	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 couple	det
8	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 couple	amod
9	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 made	advmod
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 each	case
14	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	12 made	obl
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 each	fixed
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 mean	obj
19	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 mean	aux
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 mean	nsubj
21	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a wedding gran			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make in a quote	present · passive		the happy couple	for each	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: subject=Product for each=Asset
3	mean	present · do-support	couple			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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

Their parents chose them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	Their parents	them = they					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They are wearing matching clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wearing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wearing	aux
3	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	matching	match	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 clothes	amod
5	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present · progressive	They	matching clothes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source
2	match	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bride and groom fit together very well and love each other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bride	det
2	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fit	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 groom	cc
4	groom	groom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bride	conj
5	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	together	together	ADV	_	5 fit	advmod
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 well	advmod
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 fit	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 love	cc
10	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fit	conj
11	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	10 love	obj
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 each	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit together	present	the bride and groom					together, well property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	love	present	the bride and groom not said here	each					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus

Option 4

They were built in a factory to be a perfect matching pair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 built	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 built	aux:pass
3	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 factory	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 factory	det
6	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	12 pair	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 pair	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pair	det
10	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pair	amod
11	matching	matching	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pair	compound
12	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive		They		a factory			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	is a	to-infinitive		a perfect matching pair					tree rules

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