Test 6 · ★★★ · Half- and step-siblings
«Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Darnell · What happens: not meet, not be, be · To what, where: half bro, brother
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «Darnell's never met his half-bro so he's not really his brother».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 met | punct |
| 2 | Darnell | Darnell | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 met | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Darnell | case |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 met | advmod |
| 5 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bro | nmod:poss |
| 7 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 9 bro | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 half | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 met | obj |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 brother | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 brother | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 brother | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 brother | advmod |
| 14 | really | really | ADV | _ | 16 brother | advmod |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 brother | nmod:poss |
| 16 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 met | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 met | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 met | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet in a quote | past | Darnell's half bro | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | Darnell | Darnell's brother | tree 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's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
FaceTime friends can't be family under any rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FaceTime | facetime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friends | compound |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 family | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 family | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 family | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 family | cop |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 rule | case |
| 8 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 rule | det |
| 9 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 family | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | can | FaceTime friends | family | any rule | tree rules |
Option 2
Half-brothers in different states aren't related
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 brothers | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Half | punct |
| 3 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 related | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 states | case |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 states | amod |
| 6 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brothers | nmod |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 related | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 related | advmod |
| 9 | related | related | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Half brothers in different states | related property | tree rules |
Option 3
You only count as brothers if you've met in person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 count | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 count | advmod |
| 3 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 count | obl |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 met | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 met | nsubj |
| 8 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 met | aux |
| 9 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 count | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 person | case |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 met | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | You | as brothers | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as brother=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | meet a condition, not said to happen | present · perfect | you | in person | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Half-siblings can start online and might meet one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 3 siblings | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Half | punct |
| 3 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 start | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 start | aux |
| 5 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | online | online | ADV | _ | 5 start | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 meet | cc |
| 8 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 meet | aux |
| 9 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 start | conj |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 day | nummod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 meet | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | can | Half siblings | online property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | meet | might | Half siblings not said here | day | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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