Test 6 · ★ · Feuds between families
Sam: «Grandad, why didn't you just make up with Roy?» What's the lesson from Grandad's story?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam, lesson · What happens: not make up, be
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Sam: «Grandad, why didn't you just make up with Roy?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 make | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Grandad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Grandad | punct |
| 4 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Sam | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 make | punct |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 make | advmod |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 make | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 make | advmod |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 make | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 make | advmod |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 make | compound:prt |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 Roy | case |
| 14 | Roy | Roy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 make | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 make | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not make up in a quote | past · do-support | Sam and Grandad | with Roy | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
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 the lesson from Grandad's story?
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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 story | case |
| 6 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 story | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Grandad | case |
| 8 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lesson | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson from Grandad's story | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Brothers never really fall out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fall | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 fall | advmod |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 fall | advmod |
| 4 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 fall | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fall out | infinitive | Brothers | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't wait, some feuds can never be mended later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 wait | advmod |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mended | punct |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 feuds | det |
| 6 | feuds | feud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 mended | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 mended | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 mended | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 mended | aux:pass |
| 10 | mended | mend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wait | advcl |
| 11 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 mended | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wait | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not mend | can · passive | some feuds | late property | tree rules |
Option 3
Feuds always end happily
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feuds | feud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 end | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 end | advmod |
| 3 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | happily | happily | ADV | _ | 3 end | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | Feuds | always, happily property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
Clocks and things matter more than brothers do, in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clocks | clock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 things | cc |
| 3 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Clocks | conj |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 matter | obj |
| 6 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 end | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Clocks and things | more | in the end | tree rules | |||
| 2 | do | present | brothers | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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