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Test 11 · Adults who help and adults who don't

Mr Pryce gets parents from both streets in for tea and biscuits. Why would that help?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mr Pryce, that · What happens: get, help · To what, where: parents, streets

This is test 11 of lesson 392 «Adults who help and adults who don't» 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: Mr Pryce gets parents from both streets in for tea and biscuits.

flatnsubjobjcasedetoblcasecaseoblccconjpunctrootMrPROPNPrycePROPNgetsVERBparentsNOUNfromADPbothDETstreetsNOUNinADPforADPteaNOUNandCCONJbiscuitsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MrMrPROPNNumber=Sing2 Pryceflat
2PrycePrycePROPNNumber=Sing3 getsnsubj
3getsgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur3 getsobj
5fromfromADP_7 streetscase
6bothbothDETPronType=Tot7 streetsdet
7streetsstreetNOUNNumber=Plur3 getsobl
8ininADP_10 teacase
9forforADP_10 teacase
10teateaNOUNNumber=Sing3 getsobl
11andandCCONJ_12 biscuitscc
12biscuitsbiscuitNOUNNumber=Plur10 teaconj
13..PUNCT_3 getspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresentMr Pryceparentsboth streetsin tea and biscuitsvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent parent=Theme from street=Source

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: Why would that help?

auxnsubjnsubjpunctrootWhyADVwouldAUXthatPRONhelpNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhywhyADVPronType=Relrootroot
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 helpaux
3thatthatPRONPronType=Rel4 helpnsubj
4helphelpNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whynsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpwouldthattree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Parents can agree together how to stop the fights

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodmarkadvcldetobjrootParentsNOUNcanAUXagreeVERBtogetherADVhowADVtoPARTstopVERBtheDETfightsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ParentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur3 agreensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 agreeaux
3agreeagreeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4togethertogetherADV_3 agreeadvmod
5howhowADVPronType=Int7 stopadvmod
6totoPART_7 stopmark
7stopstopVERBVerbForm=Inf3 agreeadvcl
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 fightsdet
9fightsfightNOUNNumber=Plur7 stopobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agree speech: agreecanParentstogether propertyvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2stopto-infinitiveParents not said herethe fightsvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fight=Eventuality

Option 2

It's just a party with tea and biscuits

nsubjcopadvmoddetcasenmodccconjrootItPRON'sAUXjustADVaDETpartyNOUNwithADPteaNOUNandCCONJbiscuitsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 partynsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 partycop
3justjustADV_5 partyadvmod
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 partydet
5partypartyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6withwithADP_7 teacase
7teateaNOUNNumber=Sing5 partynmod
8andandCCONJ_9 biscuitscc
9biscuitsbiscuitNOUNNumber=Plur5 partyconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta party and biscuitswith teatree rules

Option 3

Biscuits make people forget all about the fights

nsubjobjxcompadvmodcasedetoblrootBiscuitsNOUNmakeVERBpeopleNOUNforgetVERBallADVaboutADPtheDETfightsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BiscuitsbiscuitNOUNNumber=Plur2 makensubj
2makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur2 makeobj
4forgetforgetVERBVerbForm=Inf2 makexcomp
5allallADV_4 forgetadvmod
6aboutaboutADP_8 fightscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 fightsdet
8fightsfightNOUNNumber=Plur4 forgetobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentBiscuitspeopletree rules
2forgetinfinitivepeople not said hereabout the fights; all propertytree rules

Option 4

It gets parents out of the house

nsubjobjcasecasedetoblrootItPRONgetsVERBparentsNOUNoutADPofADPtheDEThouseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 getsnsubj
2getsgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur2 getsobj
4outoutADP_7 housecase
5ofofADP_7 housecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 housedet
7househouseNOUNNumber=Sing2 getsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresentItparentsthe housevn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus

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