Test 3 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
What would probably happen if Amelia told her mum about the «not my real sister» comments?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Amelia, real sister · What happens: happen, tell, comment · To what, where: comments · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 told | mark |
| 6 | Amelia | Amelia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 told | nsubj |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 told | iobj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 sister | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sister | det |
| 12 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 16 sister | punct |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 sister | advmod |
| 14 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 sister | nmod:poss |
| 15 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 sister | amod |
| 16 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 comments | nmod:poss |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 sister | punct |
| 18 | comments | comment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 told | iobj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | past | Amelia | my real sister's comments | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient comment=Topic | ||||
| 3 | comment | my real sister | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
The options
Option 1
Nothing; parents can't help with step-siblings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 parents | compound |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 help | advmod |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 siblings | case |
| 8 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 siblings | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 step | punct |
| 10 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not help | can | Nothing parents | with step siblings | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sibling=Theme |
Option 2
Her stepbrother would be sent away to live elsewhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 stepbrother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | stepbrother | stepbrother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sent | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | aux:pass |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 sent | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | advcl |
| 9 | elsewhere | elsewhere | ADV | _ | 8 live | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | would · passive | Her stepbrother | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | elsewhere property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
She'd get the blame for telling on her stepbrother
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 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 blame | det |
| 5 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 telling | mark |
| 7 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 get | advcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 stepbrother | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 stepbrother | nmod:poss |
| 10 | stepbrother | stepbrother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 telling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | She | the blame | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blame=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | She not said here | her stepbrother | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The grown-ups could help, as everyone deserves respect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ups | det |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 help | nsubj |
| 5 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | aux |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 deserves | punct |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 deserves | mark |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 deserves | nsubj |
| 10 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 help | conj |
| 11 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 deserves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | help | could | the grown ups | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | deserve | present | everyone | respect | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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