Test 7 · Parents who row, and one kind and one not

★★★ Joe hears his name in a row, so he thinks the row is his fault. Which fact best shows that's not so?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, row, fact, that · What happens: hear, think, be, name, show, not be · To what, where: name, row, fault · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: ★★★ Joe hears his name in a row, so he thinks the row is his fault.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 hears	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	ADP	_	4 Joe	case
4	Joe	Joe	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 ★	nmod
5	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 name	nmod:poss
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 row	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 row	det
10	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hears	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thinks	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 thinks	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thinks	nsubj
14	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hears	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 row	det
16	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fault	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 fault	cop
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 fault	nmod:poss
19	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thinks	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hears	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	present	★ ★ Joe	★'s name	a row	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	present	★			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	the row	★'s fault		tree rules
4	name		★			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 fact best shows that's not so?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 fact	det
2	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shows	nsubj
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 fact	nmod
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 so	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 so	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 so	advmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	4 shows	ccomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	which fact best						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	that					so property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It was loud, and loud rows are always about the kids in the house

The tree, 14 words

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	3 loud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 loud	cop
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kids	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kids	cc
6	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rows	amod
7	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 kids	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 kids	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	12 kids	advmod
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 kids	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kids	det
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 loud	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kids	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					loud property	tree rules
2	is	present	loud rows			the house		about the kids; always property	tree rules

Option 2

His name was said, so the row must be about something Joe did wrong today

The tree, 15 words

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 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux:pass
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 did	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	14 did	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 row	det
8	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 something	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 something	cop
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 something	case
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 row	appos
13	Joe	Joe	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 something	appos
14	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
15	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 did	xcomp
16	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · passive		His name			tree rules
2	is	must				about something	tree rules
3	do	past	the row		today	wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name		His = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Parents arguing about how to raise a child is about their ideas, not the child being bad

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ideas	nsubj
2	arguing	argue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Parents	acl
3	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 raise	mark
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 raise	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 raise	mark
6	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 arguing	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raise	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ideas	cop
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 ideas	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ideas	nmod:poss
12	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 bad	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 bad	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 child	det
16	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bad	nsubj
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 bad	cop
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ideas	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	gerund	Parents not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	to-infinitive	Parents not said here	a child		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
3	is	present	Parents		about Parents's ideas	tree rules
4	not is	gerund	the child		bad property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Parents only ever argue about money, so his name was a mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 argue	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 argue	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 argue	advmod
4	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 money	case
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argue	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mistake	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 mistake	advmod
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mistake	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mistake	cop
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mistake	det
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argue	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	present	Parents		ever	about money	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about money=Topic
2	is a	past	his name	a mistake			tree rules
3	name		his = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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