Test 7 · ★ · Every family is different

What would happen if every teacher said «make a card for your mum» and gave no choice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teacher · What happens: happen, say, make, give · To what, where: card, choice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 teacher	det
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 said	ccomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 mum	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 make	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gave	cc
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
18	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 choice	det
19	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past	every teacher			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	make in a quote	infinitive		a card	for your mum	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent card=Product for mum=Beneficiary
4	give	past	every teacher not said here	no choice		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing at all, since all kids live with their mums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 live	punct
5	since	since	SCONJ	_	8 live	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 kids	det
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	nsubj
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 mums	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mums	nmod:poss
11	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	all kids					with kids's mums	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with mum=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Kids like Shay would be left out and hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 left	nsubj:pass
2	like	like	ADP	_	3 Shay	case
3	Shay	Shay	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kids	nmod
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 left	compound:prt
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hurt	cc
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave out	would · passive		Kids like Shay					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	hurt	infinitive							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Every single child would have a mum to give it to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 child	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 child	amod
3	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mum	det
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 give	mark
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 give	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	9 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	every single child	a mum					tree rules
2	give	to-infinitive	a mum not said here	child					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Shay would be given a new mum because of the card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shay	Shay	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mum	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mum	amod
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj
8	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	11 card	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 because	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would · passive		Shay				because the card	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient mum=Theme

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