Test 3 · ★ · What fights cost at home
«my little bro cries every time i come home with a black eye, he's such a baby». What's going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro, i, bro · What happens: cry, come, be, go on · To what, where: time, baby
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 376 «What fights cost at home» 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: «my little bro cries every time i come home with a black eye, he's such a baby».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 cries | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 bro | nmod:poss |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bro | amod |
| 4 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cries | nsubj |
| 5 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cries | obj |
| 8 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 come | nsubj |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 time | acl:relcl |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 come | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 eye | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 eye | det |
| 13 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 eye | amod |
| 14 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 come | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 baby | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 baby | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 baby | cop |
| 18 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 20 baby | det:predet |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 baby | det |
| 20 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cries | conj |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 baby | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express in a quote | present | my little bro | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come in a quote | present | i | every time not said here | with a black eye; home property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | bro | such baby | tree rules |
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 going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He wants the black eye himself
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 | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 eye | det |
| 4 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 eye | amod |
| 5 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 eye | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | the black eye himself | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot eye=Theme |
Option 2
He's just being silly
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 | 5 silly | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 silly | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 silly | advmod |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 silly | cop |
| 5 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · progressive | He | silly property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He's scared because he loves his big brother
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 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 loves | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 loves | nsubj |
| 6 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | ccomp |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 brother | amod |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | present | he | his big brother | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |
Option 4
He's pretending to be scared so he gets more attention from Mum
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 pretending | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretending | aux |
| 3 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 scared | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 scared | cop |
| 6 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pretending | xcomp |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pretending | advcl |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 attention | amod |
| 11 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 Mum | case |
| 13 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | He not said here | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | present | he | more attention | from Mum | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent attention=Theme from mum=Source |
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