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Test 8 · ★ · Feuds between families

Kieran's mum and Jake's mum say «Morning» to each other. Why does this small thing matter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: say, do · To what, where: each, thing matter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Kieran's mum and Jake's mum say «Morning» to each other.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Kieran	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mum	cc
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Jake	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mum	conj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 Morning	punct
10	Morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 Morning	punct
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 each	case
13	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	8 say	obl
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 each	fixed
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Kieran's mum and Jake's mum		each		morning		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient

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 does this small thing matter?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	conj
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 matter	det
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 matter	compound
6	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		this thing matter					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

It means the feud is getting worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 feud	det
4	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 getting	aux
6	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
7	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 getting	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	present · progressive	the feud					bad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It means they're best friends now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 friends	nsubj
4	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 friends	cop
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 friends	amod
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 means	ccomp
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 means	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				now		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	they	best friends					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A tiny step can start ending a feud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 step	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 step	amod
3	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 start	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 start	aux
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 start	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 feud	det
8	feud	feud	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	can	a tiny step						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	end	gerund	a tiny step not said here	a feud					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality feud=Eventuality

Option 4

It doesn't matter at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 matter	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	It			all			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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