Test 11 · ★★★ · Cold parents: always on the phone
Sid: «my dad's never hugged me, so he must hate me». Which is a fairer thought?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sid, dad · What happens: not hug, hate, be · To what, where: me, fairer thought
This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 495 «Cold parents: always on the phone» 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: Sid: «my dad's never hugged me, so he must hate me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sid | Sid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hugged | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sid | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 hugged | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hugged | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 dad | case |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 hugged | advmod |
| 8 | hugged | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 hugged | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 hate | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 hate | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hate | nsubj |
| 13 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 hate | aux |
| 14 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hugged | ccomp |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 hate | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 hate | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 hugged | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hug in a quote | past | Sid | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | must | dad | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=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 a fairer thought?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thought | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 thought | det |
| 4 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 thought | amod |
| 5 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a fairer thought | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hugs are the only way to show love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugs | hug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Hugs | the only way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | love | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
Option 2
Sid should hate his dad back for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sid | Sid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hate | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hate | aux |
| 3 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hate | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 hate | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate back | should | Sid | Sid's dad | for it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus for it=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Some dads find it hard to show love
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 dads | det |
| 2 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | nsubj |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | obj |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 find | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 show | mark |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hard | xcomp |
| 8 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | some dads | it | hard property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | show | to-infinitive | love | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
Option 4
All dads who don't hug hate their kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 dads | det |
| 2 | dads | dad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hate | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 hug | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hug | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 hug | advmod |
| 6 | hug | hug | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 dads | acl:relcl |
| 7 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 kids | nmod:poss |
| 9 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hug | present · do-support | all dads | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hate | infinitive | all dads | dads's kids | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
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