Test 10 · ★★ · Nice alone, mean in a group
«only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that». What did Lily's mum say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: kids, frenemies, mum · What happens: have, grow, be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 468 «Nice alone, mean in a group» 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: «only kids have frenemies, grown-ups are past all that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 kids | advmod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | frenemies | frenemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 that | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ups | punct |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 ups | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 grown | punct |
| 9 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 frenemies | conj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 that | cop |
| 11 | past | past | ADP | _ | 13 that | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 that | det:predet |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 have | obj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | present | kids | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | grow in a quote | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | frenemies and grown ups | past that | 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 did Lily's mum say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | aux |
| 3 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Lily | case |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | Lily's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Grown-ups have frenemies too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | frenemies | frenemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 have | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | have | present | Grown ups | frenemies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frenemy=Patient |
Option 2
Frenemies are just a made-up word
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frenemies | frenemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 word | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 word | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 word | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 word | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 made | compound:prt |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Frenemies | a made word | tree rules |
Option 3
That's true, it stops at eleven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stops | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | parataxis |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 eleven | case |
| 8 | eleven | eleven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 stops | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | it | eleven | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at eleven=Location |
Option 4
Only teachers have them, at work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 teachers | advmod |
| 2 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 have | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 work | punct |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 work | case |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | teachers | them = they | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
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