Test 6 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not
In a cartoon, two parents row, then a kid fixes it by being extra good. What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: two parents, kid · What happens: row, fix, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 6 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: In a cartoon, two parents row, then a kid fixes it by being extra good.
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 | 7 row | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 parents | nummod |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 row | nsubj |
| 7 | row | row | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 fixes | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 fixes | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 kid | det |
| 11 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fixes | nsubj |
| 12 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 row | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 fixes | obj |
| 14 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 17 good | mark |
| 15 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 good | cop |
| 16 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 good | amod |
| 17 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fixes | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 row | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | row | present | two parents | a cartoon | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | fix | present | a kid | cartoon | then | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | gerund | a kid not said here | good 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 wrong with that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Kids should be extra naughty instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 naughty | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 naughty | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 naughty | cop |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 naughty | amod |
| 5 | naughty | naughty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 5 naughty | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | Kids | extra naughty | instead property | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing; good kids always stop rows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Nothing | rows | always property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality row=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It isn't the kid's job to fix grown-up rows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 job | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 job | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 job | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 kid | case |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fix | mark |
| 9 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 job | acl |
| 10 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 rows | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 up | punct |
| 12 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grown | compound:prt |
| 13 | rows | row | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 job | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | the kid's job | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fix | to-infinitive | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Cartoons are always true about families
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 true | advmod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 families | case |
| 6 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 true | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cartoons | about families; always, true property | tree rules |
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