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Test 4 · ★ · Feuds between families

«his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too». What's a better way to think?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, he, better way · What happens: be, think · To what, where: trouble

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 474 «Feuds between families» 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: «his family are trouble, so he must be trouble too».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 trouble	punct
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 family	nmod:poss
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trouble	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 trouble	cop
5	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trouble	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 trouble	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 trouble	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 trouble	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 trouble	cop
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trouble	nmod
12	too	too	ADV	_	11 trouble	advmod
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 trouble	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 trouble	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	his family	trouble					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	must	he	trouble					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 a better way to think?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 think	mark
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a better way						tree rules
2	think speech: other	to-infinitive	a better way not said here						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Ask his worst enemy about him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 enemy	nmod:poss
3	worst	bad	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 enemy	amod
4	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	his worst enemy				about him = he	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent enemy=Recipient about he=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Judge him by what he does himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Judge	judge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Judge	obj
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 what	case
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Judge	obl
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 does	nsubj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	imperative	you not said here	him = he					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent he=Value
2	do	present	he	himself = he					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Never trust anyone with a big family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 trust	advmod
2	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 trust	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 family	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 family	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 family	amod
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trust	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not trust	imperative	you not said here		anyone			with a big family	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient with family=Theme

Option 4

Families are all exactly the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 same	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 same	cop
3	all	all	ADV	_	6 same	advmod
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 same	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 same	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Families					all, exactly, same property	tree rules

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