Test 6 · Rude words at the table
«she's not my real mum so i don't have to listen». What's closer to the truth?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, i · What happens: not be, not have, listen, be · To what, where: real mum
This is test 6 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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: «she's not my real mum so i don't have to listen».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 mum | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mum | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 mum | advmod |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mum | amod |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 have | advmod |
| 9 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 have | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 have | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 have | advmod |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 mum | parataxis |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 listen | mark |
| 14 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 have | xcomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 have | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | she | my real mum | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not have in a quote | present · do-support | i | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | listen in a quote | to-infinitive | i not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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.
Sentence 2: What's closer to the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 truth | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 truth | det |
| 6 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to the truth; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She'll never mind what you say
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mind | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mind | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 mind | advmod |
| 4 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mind | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | future | She | vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
Option 2
Only real mums get hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 mums | advmod |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mums | amod |
| 3 | mums | mum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | real mums | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Stepmums have no say at all about what happens at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stepmums | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 say | det |
| 4 | say | say | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 say | nmod |
| 7 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 9 happens | mark |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 happens | nsubj |
| 9 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | ccomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 happens | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Stepmums | no say | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent say=Patient | |||
| 2 | happen | present | no say | home | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She cares for you, and the words hurt her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cares | nsubj |
| 2 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 you | case |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 cares | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hurt | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 hurt | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 words | det |
| 8 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hurt | nsubj |
| 9 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cares | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | She | for you | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for you=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurt | past | the words | her = she | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Patient |
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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