Test 1 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not
«my parents had a mad row bc of me needing trip money, it's my fault innit». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents, mad row bc, money, fault · What happens: have, need, be, innit · To what, where: mad row bc, trip money, fault
This is test 1 of lesson 496 «Parents who row, and one kind and one not» 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: «my parents had a mad row bc of me needing trip money, it's my fault innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bc | det |
| 6 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bc | amod |
| 7 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bc | compound |
| 8 | bc | BC | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 me | case |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 bc | nmod |
| 11 | needing | need | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 bc | acl |
| 12 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 money | compound |
| 13 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 needing | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fault | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fault | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fault | cop |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 fault | nmod:poss |
| 18 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 innit | nsubj |
| 19 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | past | my parents | a mad row bc of me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need in a quote | gerund | a mad row bc of me not said here | trip money | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | money | my fault | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | my fault | 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it's the school's fault for having trips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 fault | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fault | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fault | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 school | det |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fault | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 school | case |
| 8 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 having | mark |
| 10 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 fault | acl |
| 11 | trips | trip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | the school's fault | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | the school's fault not said here | trips | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, kids cause every single row there is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 cause | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cause | nsubj |
| 4 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 is | advcl |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 row | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 row | amod |
| 7 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cause | obj |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 is | expl |
| 9 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | present | kids | every single row | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition row=Patient | ||||
| 2 | be | present | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, grown-up rows are grown-up problems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 grown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 rows | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rows | compound |
| 6 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 grown | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 grown | aux:pass |
| 8 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 problems | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 up | punct |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 grown | compound:prt |
| 11 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | grow up | present · passive | grown up rows | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, so never ask for anything ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 ask | advmod |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 ask | advmod |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 anything | case |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 ask | obl |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 ask | advmod |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | ever; again | for anything | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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