Test 4 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents
In a cartoon, the strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever. What's closer to Marquis's life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: strict dad, kids · What happens: not smile, be
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 493 «Warm parents and strict parents» 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 strict dad never smiles and the kids are miserable forever.
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 | 9 smiles | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dad | det |
| 6 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dad | amod |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 smiles | nsubj |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 smiles | advmod |
| 9 | smiles | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 miserable | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kids | det |
| 12 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 miserable | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 miserable | cop |
| 14 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 smiles | ccomp |
| 15 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 miserable | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 smiles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not smile | present | the strict dad | in a cartoon | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the kids | forever, miserable property | 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 closer to Marquis's life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 5 | Marquis | Marquis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Marquis | case |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to Marquis's life; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Strict dads never care about their children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dads | amod |
| 2 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 care | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 care | advmod |
| 4 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 children | nmod:poss |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present | Strict dads | about dads's children | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about child=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Strict routines can have lots of love inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 routines | amod |
| 2 | routines | routine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 love | case |
| 7 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lots | nmod |
| 8 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 4 have | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | can | Strict routines | lots of love | inside property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 3
Strict houses never have any fun at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 houses | amod |
| 2 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 fun | det |
| 6 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 fun | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Strict houses | any fun | all | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Patient |
Option 4
Children of strict dads are always unhappy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 unhappy | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 dads | case |
| 3 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dads | amod |
| 4 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Children | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 unhappy | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 unhappy | advmod |
| 7 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Children of strict dads | always, unhappy property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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