Test 4 · ★ · Every family is different
In a cartoon, the kid who lives with his gran is always sad and lonely. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: live, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 4 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, the kid who lives with his gran is always sad and lonely.
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 | 14 sad | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sad | nsubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kid | acl:relcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 gran | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 gran | nmod:poss |
| 11 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lives | obl |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sad | cop |
| 13 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 14 sad | advmod |
| 14 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 lonely | cc |
| 16 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sad | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the kid | with kid's gran | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with gran=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the kid | a cartoon | always, sad property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | the kid not said here | 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: What's more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Grans are too old to look after children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grans | Gran | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 old | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 old | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 old | advmod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 old | xcomp |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Grans | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | Grans not said here | after children | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Living with a gran is a normal, often happy family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 normal | csubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 gran | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gran | det |
| 4 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Living | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 normal | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 normal | det |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 family | punct |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 happy | advmod |
| 10 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 family | amod |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 normal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | with a gran | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with gran=Location | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Living | happy family obl; normal property | tree rules |
Option 3
Cartoons always show families exactly right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 show | advmod |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 show | iobj |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 right | advmod |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 show | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Cartoons | families | always, right property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Kids who live with their grans are always sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kids | acl:relcl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 grans | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 grans | nmod:poss |
| 6 | grans | gran | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 sad | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 sad | advmod |
| 9 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | Kids | with Kids's grans | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with gran=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Kids | always, sad property | tree rules |
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