Test 11 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
«Evie's a guest at her dad's, that's just how it is». What does the lesson say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Evie, guest, lesson · What happens: be, say · To what, where: guest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: «Evie's a guest at her dad's, that's just how it is».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 guest | punct |
| 2 | Evie | Evie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 guest | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 guest | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 guest | det |
| 5 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 dad | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guest | nmod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 dad | case |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 how | punct |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 how | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 how | cop |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 how | advmod |
| 14 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 guest | acl:relcl |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 is | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 how | ccomp |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 is | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 guest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Evie | a guest | at Evie's dad | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | a guest | a guest not said here | how property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be in a quote | present | guest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
She should demand Delphine's room for herself
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 demand | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 demand | aux |
| 3 | demand | demand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Delphine | Delphine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 room | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Delphine | case |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 demand | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 herself | case |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 demand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | should | She | Delphine's room | for Delphine | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Precondition |
Option 2
She should accept it and stop visiting Dad
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 accept | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 accept | aux |
| 3 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 accept | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stop | cc |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 accept | conj |
| 7 | visiting | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 visiting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | should | She | it | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | She not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | visit | gerund | She not said here | Dad | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She can tell Dad; a space of her own can help
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 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 tell | aux |
| 3 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 tell | iobj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 help | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 space | det |
| 7 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 help | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 own | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 own | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 space | nmod |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 help | aux |
| 12 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tell | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | She | Dad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | can | a space of space's own | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only the kid who lives there can have space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 kid | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 have | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lives | nsubj |
| 5 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kid | acl:relcl |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 lives | advmod |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 have | aux |
| 8 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | the kid | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | can | the kid | space | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Patient |
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