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Test 7 · ★★ · The only child: all the attention and wanting a sibling

In a film, an only child has to look after a lonely mum and never sees friends, and it's shown as normal. What does the lesson say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: only child, lesson · What happens: have, look, not see, show, say · To what, where: film, friends, child · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a film, an only child has to look after a lonely mum and never sees friends, and it's shown as normal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 film	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 film	punct
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	nsubj
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 look	mark
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 has	xcomp
11	after	after	ADP	_	14 mum	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 mum	det
13	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mum	amod
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 look	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sees	cc
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 sees	advmod
17	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 has	conj
18	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sees	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 shown	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 shown	cc
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 shown	nsubj:pass
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 shown	aux:pass
23	shown	show	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 has	conj
24	as	as	ADP	_	25 normal	case
25	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 shown	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a only child			a film			tree rules
2	look	to-infinitive	a only child not said here				after a lonely mum		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	not see	present	a only child not said here	friends					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus
4	show	present · passive		child				as normal	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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

Friends are only for big families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 families	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 families	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 families	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 families	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 families	amod
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Friends					for big families	tree rules

Option 2

Mums don't like company anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	obj
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	Mums	company				anyway property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot company=Theme

Option 3

That is exactly how it should be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 how	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 how	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 how	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 be	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 be	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 how	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					exactly, how property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A child needs friends his age too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needs	obj
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 age	nmod:poss
6	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	3 needs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a child	friends					tree rules

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