Test 7 · ★ · Warm parents and strict parents
What would probably happen if Albie had no rules at all about sweets?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Albie · What happens: happen, have · To what, where: rules, all
This is test 7 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 had | mark |
| 6 | Albie | Albie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | advcl |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 rules | det |
| 9 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 had | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 all | case |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 rules | nmod |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 sweets | case |
| 13 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rules | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have a condition, not said to happen | past | Albie | no rules | all | about sweets | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
He'd feel sick more often, and his teeth would suffer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feel | aux |
| 3 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feel | xcomp |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 often | advmod |
| 6 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 feel | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 suffer | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 suffer | cc |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 10 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 suffer | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 suffer | aux |
| 12 | suffer | suffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 feel | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | would | He | often, sick property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | suffer | would | his teeth | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
His mates would share their sweets with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mates | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 share | aux |
| 4 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sweets | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 share | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | would | His mates | mates's sweets | with him = he | tree rules |
Option 3
He'd learn to love vegetables more than any of the sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 learn | aux |
| 3 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 love | mark |
| 5 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 learn | xcomp |
| 6 | vegetables | vegetable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 love | obj |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 any | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 any | case |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 love | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sweets | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sweets | det |
| 12 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 any | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | would | He | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | love | to-infinitive | He not said here | vegetables | tree rules |
Option 4
He'd never eat a single sweet again at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 eat | advmod |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sweet | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sweet | amod |
| 7 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 eat | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 eat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | would | He | a single sweet | all | again | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient |
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