Test 1 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling
«only kids get loads of presents so they're always happy lol». What does Dougal show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, Dougal · What happens: get, be, show · To what, where: loads
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 499 «The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling» 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: «only kids get loads of presents so they're always happy lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 kids | advmod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 presents | case |
| 7 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loads | nmod |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 happy | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 happy | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 happy | cop |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 happy | advmod |
| 12 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | advcl |
| 13 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 get | discourse |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present | kids | loads of presents | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | kids = kid | always, happy 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 Dougal show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | Dougal | Dougal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | Dougal | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only kids get fewer presents than other kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 kids | advmod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 presents | amod |
| 5 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 kids | case |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kids | amod |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | kids | fewer presents | than other kids | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer present=Stimulus |
Option 2
Christmas is exactly the same for every family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 same | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Christmas | for every family; exactly, same property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
More presents can still mean no one to play with
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 presents | amod |
| 2 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 one | det |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mean | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 play | mark |
| 9 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 mean | xcomp |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | More presents | no one | still | tree rules | |||
| 2 | play not said to happen | to-infinitive | More presents not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Presents always make only kids totally happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 make | advmod |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 kids | advmod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 7 happy | advmod |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Presents | kids | always, happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kid=Product |
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