Test 12 · ★ · Every family is different
A kid says, «your stepmum's not your proper mum, she doesn't count». Which is true about Jaylon's stepmum?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, stepmum · What happens: say, not be, not count, be · To what, where: proper mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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 kid says, «your stepmum's not your proper mum, she doesn't count».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mum | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 mum | punct |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 stepmum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mum | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 mum | cop |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 mum | advmod |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mum | amod |
| 12 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 count | punct |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 count | nsubj |
| 15 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 count | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 count | advmod |
| 17 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 count | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | your stepmum | your proper mum | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | kid | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=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: Which is true about Jaylon's stepmum?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 stepmum | case |
| 5 | Jaylon | Jaylon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 stepmum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Jaylon | case |
| 7 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about Jaylon's stepmum; true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She has to be strict because she's a step
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 strict | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 strict | cop |
| 5 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 has | xcomp |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 step | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 step | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 step | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 step | det |
| 10 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 strict | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | She | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | She not said here | strict property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | she | a step | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She can be a real, loving part of his family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 part | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 part | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 part | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 part | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 part | amod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 7 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 part | amod |
| 8 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 family | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 family | nmod:poss |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | She | a real loving part | of his family | tree rules |
Option 3
She counts only if she was there from his birth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 there | advmod |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 there | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 there | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 there | cop |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 counts | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 birth | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birth | nmod:poss |
| 10 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 there | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | She | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | past | she | his birth | there property | tree rules |
Option 4
She can never be part of his family at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 part | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 part | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 part | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 part | cop |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 part | nmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | can | She | part | all | of his family | tree rules |
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