Test 6 · A new baby
«my dad's got a new baby with his girlfriend, so I don't count any more». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, I, lesson · What happens: get, not count, say · To what, where: new baby · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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: «my dad's got a new baby with his girlfriend, so I don't count any more».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 baby | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 baby | amod |
| 8 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 girlfriend | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 girlfriend | nmod:poss |
| 11 | girlfriend | girlfriend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 baby | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 count | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 count | advmod |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 count | nsubj |
| 15 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 count | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 count | advmod |
| 17 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 got | parataxis |
| 18 | any | any | ADV | _ | 19 more | advmod |
| 19 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 17 count | advmod |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 count | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · passive | my dad | a new baby | with dad's girlfriend | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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
You should never speak to your dad about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 speak | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 speak | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 speak | advmod |
| 4 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dad | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 speak | obl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | should | You | to your dad about it | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to dad=Co-Agent |
Option 2
The new baby is his real child and you aren't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 baby | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 baby | amod |
| 3 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 child | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 child | cop |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 child | nmod:poss |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 child | amod |
| 7 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 you | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 child | conj |
| 10 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 child | parataxis |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 are | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the new baby | his real child | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not be | present | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
You're still his kid, and you can tell him how you feel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 kid | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kid | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 kid | advmod |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 kid | nmod:poss |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 tell | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tell | cc |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 tell | aux |
| 10 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kid | parataxis |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 tell | iobj |
| 12 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 feel | advmod |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 feel | nsubj |
| 14 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | his kid | still | tree rules | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | can | you | kid | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | feel | present | you | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
You don't count now, so stop going at weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 count | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 count | advmod |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 count | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 stop | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 stop | advmod |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 count | conj |
| 9 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 weekends | case |
| 11 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | You | now | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | You not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | go | gerund | You not said here | weekend | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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