Test 6 · The only child: a quiet house
«Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tamsin, lesson · What happens: look, be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: «Tamsin should look after her mum's feelings, she's all Mum has».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| 2 | Tamsin | Tamsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 look | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | aux |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 feelings | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 mum | case |
| 9 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 look | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 has | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 has | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 has | cop |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 Mum | det |
| 14 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 has | nsubj |
| 15 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 look | parataxis |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 has | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | should | Tamsin | after Tamsin's mum's feelings | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Tamsin | have 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 does the lesson say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | the lesson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Tamsin should stay home always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamsin | Tamsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | should | Tamsin | always, home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Tamsin must never have mates
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamsin | Tamsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | must | Tamsin | mates | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mum's feelings are Mum's job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mum | case |
| 3 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 job | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 job | cop |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Mum's feelings | Mum's job | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, Tamsin is in charge of Mum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 charge | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Tamsin | Tamsin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 charge | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 charge | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 charge | case |
| 6 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Mum | case |
| 8 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 charge | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Tamsin | charge | of Mum | 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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