Test 7 · ★ · Feuds between families
In a cartoon, two families fight forever and it's hilarious. In real life, what often happens to the kids?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two families, cartoon · What happens: fight, be, happen · To what, where: cartoon, real life
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, two families fight forever and it's hilarious.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fight | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 families | nummod |
| 6 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 fight | nsubj |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 7 fight | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hilarious | cc |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hilarious | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hilarious | cop |
| 12 | hilarious | hilarious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fight | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 fight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | two families | a cartoon | forever property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | cartoon | hilarious property | 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: In real life, what often happens to the kids?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happens | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 happens | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happens | nsubj |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 7 happens | advmod |
| 7 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 kids | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 kids | det |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 happens | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 happens | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | real life | to the kids; often property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They find it hilarious every time the grown-ups row
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 find | nsubj |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 find | obj |
| 4 | hilarious | hilarious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 find | xcomp |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 find | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 row | det |
| 8 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ups | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 grown | punct |
| 10 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 row | compound |
| 11 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 time | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | They | it | time | hilarious property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
They get caught in the middle and feel sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 caught | aux:pass |
| 3 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caught | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 feel | cc |
| 8 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 caught | conj |
| 9 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feel | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · passive | They | the middle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | feel | infinitive | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
They get extra presents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 presents | amod |
| 4 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | They | extra presents | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |
Option 4
Nothing, kids don't notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 notice | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 notice | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 notice | advmod |
| 6 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nothing | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | present · do-support | kids | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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