Test 5 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»
«Nuala's mam made her change a nappy, that's child labour». What's the fair view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mam, Nuala, that, fair view · What happens: make, change, be · To what, where: Nuala, nappy, child labour
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «Nuala's mam made her change a nappy, that's child labour».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 2 | Nuala | Nuala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mam | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Nuala | case |
| 4 | mam | mam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 nappy | det |
| 9 | nappy | nappy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 change | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 labour | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 labour | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 labour | cop |
| 13 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 labour | compound |
| 14 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | past | Nuala's mam | Nuala | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | change in a quote | infinitive | Nuala not said here | a nappy | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nappy=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | that | child labour | 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's the fair view?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 view | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 view | amod |
| 5 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fair view | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
She should refuse to help with anything ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 refuse | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 refuse | aux |
| 3 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 help | mark |
| 5 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 refuse | xcomp |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 anything | case |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 help | obl |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 again | advmod |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 help | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | should | She | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not help | to-infinitive | She not said here | again | with anything | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with anything=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Little jobs help, and she can say when it's too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 jobs | amod |
| 2 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 say | cc |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 say | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | aux |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 help | parataxis |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 much | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 much | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 much | cop |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 much | advmod |
| 13 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Little jobs | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | can | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | much property | tree rules |
Option 3
Babies should change their own nappies by age one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 nappies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nappies | amod |
| 6 | nappies | nappy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 age | case |
| 8 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obl |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | should | Babies | Babies's own nappies | by age | tree rules |
Option 4
It's against the law for any kid to help at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 law | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 law | cop |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 law | det |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 kid | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 kid | det |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 law | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 help | mark |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 law | acl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 home | case |
| 12 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | against the law; for any kid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | home | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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