Test 1 · ★ · Every family is different
«a family's a mum, a dad and 2 kids, everyone knows that». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, everyone · What happens: be, know · To what, where: mum, 2 kids
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 486 «Every family is different» 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: «a family's a mum, a dad and 2 kids, everyone knows that».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 family | det |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 mum | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mum | det |
| 6 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dad | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 dad | det |
| 9 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mum | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 kids | cc |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 kids | nummod |
| 12 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 dad | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 knows | punct |
| 14 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 knows | nsubj |
| 15 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 kids | acl:relcl |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 knows | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 knows | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 mum | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a family | a mum and a dad and 2 kids | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know in a quote | present | everyone | 2 kids | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, a family needs at least five people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 needs | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 least | case |
| 7 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 five | nmod |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 people | nummod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a family | five people | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot people=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, families come in lots of shapes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 lots | case |
| 6 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 shapes | case |
| 8 | shapes | shape | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | families | lots of shapes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lot=Location |
Option 3
Yes, that's the only real kind of family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 kind | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kind | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 kind | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kind | det |
| 6 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kind | amod |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kind | amod |
| 8 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 family | case |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | the only real kind | of family | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the other kinds are just pretend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 pretend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kinds | det |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kinds | amod |
| 5 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pretend | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 pretend | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 pretend | advmod |
| 8 | pretend | pretend | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the other kinds | pretend property | tree rules |
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