Test 3 · Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work
«Mum and Jo haven't spoken for a month, they're done forever». Is that likely?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, that · What happens: not speak, do, be · To what, where: Mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 482 «Mum's best friend and Dad's mate from work» 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: «Mum and Jo haven't spoken for a month, they're done forever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Mum | punct |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spoken | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jo | cc |
| 4 | Jo | Jo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Mum | conj |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 spoken | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 spoken | advmod |
| 7 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 month | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spoken | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 done | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 done | nsubj |
| 13 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 done | aux:pass |
| 14 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 spoken | conj |
| 15 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 done | advmod |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 done | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 spoken | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other in a quote | present · perfect | Mum and Jo | month | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present · passive | Mum | forever property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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: Is that likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Yes, grown-ups never make up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 ups | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 grown | punct |
| 5 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 make | advmod |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 make | compound:prt |
| # | 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 | not make up | present | grown ups | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, they'll make up the very next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 make | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 make | aux |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 make | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 next | advmod |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | future | they | day | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Not always, grown-ups make up too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 always | advmod |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 make | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 always | punct |
| 4 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ups | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 grown | punct |
| 6 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | nsubj |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 make | compound:prt |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 make | 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 | make up | present | grown ups | always property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, after a month it's over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 over | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 month | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 month | det |
| 5 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 over | obl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 over | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 over | cop |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | month | over property | tree rules |
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