Test 1 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»

«you're the oldest so it's ALWAYS your fault, end of». What does the lesson say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, it, lesson · What happens: be, say · To what, where: fault · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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: «you're the oldest so it's ALWAYS your fault, end of».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 oldest	punct
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 oldest	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 oldest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oldest	det
5	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 fault	advcl
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 fault	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 fault	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 fault	cop
9	ALWAYS	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 fault	advmod
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 fault	nmod:poss
11	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 end	punct
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fault	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	13 end	case
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 fault	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 fault	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you					old property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	it	your fault and end				always 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Everyone takes their share; it's unfair to blame only the oldest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 share	nmod:poss
4	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 unfair	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unfair	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unfair	cop
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 takes	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 blame	mark
10	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 unfair	xcomp
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 oldest	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 oldest	det
13	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 blame	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take	present	Everyone	their share		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme
2	is	present	it		unfair property	tree rules
3	blame	to-infinitive				vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	share		their = they			nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Only the youngest can ever be to blame for anything at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 youngest	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 youngest	det
3	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 blame	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 blame	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 blame	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 blame	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 blame	mark
8	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 anything	case
10	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 blame	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 blame	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the youngest			home	ever	for anything; blame property	tree rules

Option 3

The parents are to blame for every single thing that goes wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parents	det
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 blame	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blame	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 blame	mark
5	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 thing	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 thing	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blame	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 goes	nsubj
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 goes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the parents					for every single thing; blame property	tree rules
2	go	present	every single thing					wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

That's right, the oldest is in charge of everything that happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 charge	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 charge	det
6	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 charge	amod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 charge	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 charge	case
9	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 everything	case
11	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 charge	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 happens	nsubj
13	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 charge	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	That		right property	tree rules
2	is	present	That not said here	the oldest charge	of everything	tree rules
3	happen	present	the oldest charge			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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