Test 11 · The only child: a quiet house
«Hiroshi said nah to a brother so he defo doesn't want one». What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hiroshi · What happens: say, not want, be · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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: «Hiroshi said nah to a brother so he defo doesn't want one».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | Hiroshi | Hiroshi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 said | discourse |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 brother | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 brother | det |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 want | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 want | nsubj |
| 10 | defo | defo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 want | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 want | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 want | advmod |
| 13 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 want | obj |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 want | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Hiroshi | to a brother | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to brother=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not want in a quote | present · do-support | Hiroshi | one | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=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'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
He's never thought about it at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 thought | advmod |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 thought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not think speech: other | present · passive | He | all | about it | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
He actually wants a dog, not a brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 wants | advmod |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 dog | det |
| 5 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 brother | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 brother | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 brother | det |
| 9 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | a dog | actually property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme |
Option 3
He's wanted a brother since he was born
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wanted | aux:pass |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 brother | det |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 9 born | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 born | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 born | aux:pass |
| 9 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wanted | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · passive | He | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme brother=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | bear | past · passive | he | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He has mixed feelings, which is normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mixed | aux |
| 3 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 feelings | amod |
| 4 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 normal | punct |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 normal | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 normal | cop |
| 8 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feelings | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | present · perfect · passive | He | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | present | mixed feelings | normal property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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