Test 1 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings

«stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit». What's the difference?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: difference · What happens: be

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 505 «Half- and step-siblings» 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: «stepsister = half-sister, same thing innit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 sister	punct
2	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sister	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 sister	punct
4	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	6 sister	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 half	punct
6	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 innit	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 innit	compound
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sister	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 sister	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sister	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: What's the difference?

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	4 difference	det
4	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the difference						tree rules

The options

Option 1

A half-sister lives with you, a stepsister never does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sister	det
2	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 sister	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 half	punct
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lives	nsubj
5	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 lives	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 does	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stepsister	det
10	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 does	advmod
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lives	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	a half sister					with you	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with you=Location
2	not do	present	a stepsister						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A stepsister shares both your parents; a half-sister one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stepsister	det
2	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shares	nsubj
3	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	both	both	CCONJ	_	6 parents	cc:preconj
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 parents	nmod:poss
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shares	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sister	det
9	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	11 sister	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 half	punct
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	compound
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shares	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	a stepsister	your parents					tree rules

Option 3

They're exactly the same thing with two different names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thing	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 thing	cop
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 thing	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 names	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 names	nummod
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 names	amod
10	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	the same thing				with two different names; exactly property	tree rules

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

A half-sister shares one parent; a stepsister shares none

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sister	det
2	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	4 sister	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 half	punct
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shares	nsubj
5	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 parent	nummod
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shares	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 shares	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stepsister	det
10	stepsister	stepsister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shares	nsubj
11	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shares	conj
12	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	11 shares	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	a half sister	one parent					tree rules
2	share	present	a stepsister	none					tree rules

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