Test 10 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not
Roisin's parents row and one night it gets frightening, with things being thrown. What should Roisin do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: parents, it, Roisin · What happens: row, get, throw, do · To what, where: things
This is test 10 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: Roisin's parents row and one night it gets frightening, with things being thrown.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roisin | Roisin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 parents | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Roisin | case |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 row | nsubj |
| 4 | row | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 night | nummod |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 row | conj |
| 10 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gets | xcomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 thrown | punct |
| 12 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 15 thrown | mark |
| 13 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 thrown | aux:pass |
| 15 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 row | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 row | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | present | Roisin's parents | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get | present | it | night | frightening property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | throw | gerund · passive | things | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.
Sentence 2: What should Roisin do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Roisin | Roisin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Roisin | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Just turn her music up and forget it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 turn | advmod |
| 2 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 music | nmod:poss |
| 4 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 turn | obj |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 turn | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 forget | cc |
| 7 | forget | forget | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 turn | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forget | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | imperative | you not said here | her music | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location music=Theme | ||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | you not said here | music | tree rules |
Option 2
Try to stop the throwing herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 stop | mark |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Try | xcomp |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 throwing | det |
| 5 | throwing | throwing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obj |
| 6 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 stop | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the throwing | herself = she obl:unmarked | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality throwing=Eventuality |
Option 3
Keep it secret so nobody gets in trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 trouble | case |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | present | nobody | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a teacher, trusted adult or Childline
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 adult | punct |
| 5 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 adult | amod |
| 6 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 Childline | cc |
| 8 | Childline | Childline | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 adult | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | trusted adult or Childline | a teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient | |||
| 2 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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