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Test 5 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings

In a fairy tale the stepsisters are always cruel. What does Mila's skateboarding show?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepsisters, Mila · What happens: be, do, show · To what, where: fairy tale, skateboarding show

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: In a fairy tale the stepsisters are always cruel.

casedetcompoundobldetnsubjcopadvmodpunctrootInADPaDETfairyNOUNtaleNOUNtheDETstepsistersNOUNareAUXalwaysADVcruelADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_4 talecase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 taledet
3fairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing4 talecompound
4taletaleNOUNNumber=Sing9 cruelobl
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 stepsistersdet
6stepsistersstepsisterNOUNNumber=Plur9 cruelnsubj
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 cruelcop
8alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 crueladvmod
9cruelcruelADJDegree=Posrootroot
10..PUNCT_9 cruelpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe stepsistersa fairy talealways, cruel propertytree 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 does Mila's skateboarding show?

nsubjnmod:posscasecompoundobjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesVERBMilaPROPN'sPARTskateboardingNOUNshowNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int2 doesnsubj
2doesdoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3MilaMilaPROPNNumber=Sing6 shownmod:poss
4's'sPART_3 Milacase
5skateboardingskateboardingNOUNNumber=Sing6 showcompound
6showshowNOUNNumber=Sing2 doesobj
7??PUNCT_2 doespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopresentMila's skateboarding showvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality
2showMilanom show «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

Only real sisters are kind

advmodamodnsubjcoprootOnlyADVrealADJsistersNOUNareAUXkindADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 sistersadvmod
2realrealADJDegree=Pos3 sistersamod
3sisterssisterNOUNNumber=Plur5 kindnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 kindcop
5kindkindADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentreal sisterskind propertytree rules

Option 2

Fairy tales are always true to life

compoundnsubjcopadvmodcaseoblrootFairyNOUNtalesNOUNareAUXalwaysADVtrueADJtoADPlifeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing2 talescompound
2talestaleNOUNNumber=Plur5 truensubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 truecop
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 trueadvmod
5truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
6totoADP_7 lifecase
7lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing5 trueobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentFairy talesto life; always, true propertytree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Step-siblings can become close

compoundpunctnsubjauxxcomprootStepNOUN-PUNCTsiblingsNOUNcanAUXbecomeVERBcloseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StepstepNOUNNumber=Sing3 siblingscompound
2--PUNCT_1 Steppunct
3siblingssiblingNOUNNumber=Plur5 becomensubj
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin5 becomeaux
5becomebecomeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6closecloseADJDegree=Pos5 becomexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1becomecanStep siblingsclose propertyvn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Stepsisters must be mean

nsubjauxcoprootStepsistersNOUNmustAUXbeAUXmeanADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StepsistersstepsisterNOUNNumber=Plur4 meannsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 meanaux
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf4 meancop
4meanmeanADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ismustStepsistersmean propertytree rules

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