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Test 5 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

Brody's mate says, «Your parents only had you 'cos they couldn't have more». What does the lesson say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, parents, lesson · What happens: say, have, not have · To what, where: you, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Brody's mate says, «Your parents only had you 'cos they couldn't have more».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brody	Brody	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Brody	case
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
7	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 parents	nmod:poss
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 had	nsubj
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 had	advmod
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 had	obj
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
13	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	17 have	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 have	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 have	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 have	advmod
17	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	advcl
18	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 have	obj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Brody's mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have in a quote	past	Your parents	you					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient
3	not have in a quote	could	parents = parent	more					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

Every family with one child wanted more and couldn't have them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 child	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 child	nummod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 family	nmod
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 wanted	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 have	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 have	advmod
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	every family with one child						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	not have	could	every family with one child not said here	them = they					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2

Brody should ask until his parents give him a brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brody	Brody	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ask	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 give	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 give	nsubj
7	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 brother	det
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	Brody						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	present	Brody's parents	a brother	Brody				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient brother=Theme

Option 3

Parents with one child always secretly wish they had five

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wish	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 child	case
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 child	nummod
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Parents	nmod
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 wish	advmod
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 wish	advmod
7	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wish	ccomp
10	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	Parents with one child					always, secretly property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have	past	Parents = parent	five					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Some parents choose one child, and that is a complete family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choose	nsubj
3	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 child	nummod
5	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 family	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 family	cc
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 family	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 family	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 family	det
11	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 family	amod
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	some parents	one child					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
2	is a	present	that	a complete family					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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