Test 8 · ★ · A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left… «why's your dad so mardy with your brother at tea, he's only fidgety». («mardy» means grumpy, in the North.) What could Marta say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, mardy, Marta · What happens: mardy, be, mean, say · To what, where: tea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 506 «A sibling with a disability or illness, a sibling who left home» 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: «why's your dad so mardy with your brother at tea, he's only fidgety».
punct advmod aux nmod:poss nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl case obl punct nsubj cop advmod parataxis punct punct root « PUNCT why ADV 's AUX your PRON dad NOUN so ADV mardy VERB with ADP your PRON brother NOUN at ADP tea NOUN , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX only ADV fidgety ADJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 7 mardy punct 2 why why ADV PronType=Int 7 mardy advmod 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 mardy aux 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 dad nmod:poss 5 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 7 mardy nsubj 6 so so ADV _ 7 mardy advmod 7 mardy mardy VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 with with ADP _ 10 brother case 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 brother nmod:poss 10 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 7 mardy obl 11 at at ADP _ 12 tea case 12 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 7 mardy obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 17 fidgety punct 14 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 fidgety nsubj 15 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 fidgety cop 16 only only ADV _ 17 fidgety advmod 17 fidgety fidgety ADJ Degree=Pos 7 mardy parataxis 18 » » PUNCT _ 17 fidgety punct 19 . . PUNCT _ 7 mardy punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mardy in a quote present your dad tea with your brother tree rules 2 is in a quote present dad fidgety property 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: («mardy» means grumpy, in the North.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct case det conj punct punct root ( PUNCT « PUNCT mardy NOUN » PUNCT means VERB grumpy ADJ , PUNCT in ADP the DET North PROPN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 « « PUNCT _ 3 mardy punct 3 mardy mardy NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 mardy punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 grumpy grumpy ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 North punct 8 in in ADP _ 10 North case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 North det 10 North North PROPN Number=Sing 5 means conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present mardy grumpy property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What could Marta say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON could AUX Marta PROPN say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 Marta Marta PROPN Number=Sing 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
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1 say speech: assert could Marta vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 «He should go to his room every night»
punct nsubj aux case nmod:poss obl det obl:unmarked punct root « PUNCT He PRON should AUX go VERB to ADP his PRON room NOUN every DET night NOUN » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 go punct 2 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 go nsubj 3 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 go aux 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 to to ADP _ 7 room case 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 room nmod:poss 7 room room NOUN Number=Sing 4 go obl 8 every every DET PronType=Tot 9 night det 9 night night NOUN Number=Sing 4 go obl:unmarked 10 » » PUNCT _ 4 go punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote should He his room night vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to room=Initial_Location
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer «He's got ADHD, he can't always help it»
punct nsubj aux advcl obj punct nsubj aux advmod advmod obj punct root « PUNCT He PRON 's AUX got VERB ADHD NOUN , PUNCT he PRON ca AUX n't PART always ADV help VERB it PRON » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 got punct 2 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 got nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 got aux 4 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 11 help advcl 5 ADHD adhd NOUN Number=Sing 4 got obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 4 got punct 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 help nsubj 8 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 help aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 help advmod 10 always always ADV PronType=Tot 11 help advmod 11 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 12 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 help obj 13 » » PUNCT _ 11 help punct
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1 get in a quote present · passive He ADHD vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adhd=Stimulus 2 not help in a quote can he ADHD always property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice «Dad's right, he does it to be naughty»
punct nsubj cop punct nsubj conj obj mark cop advcl punct root « PUNCT Dad NOUN 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT he PRON does VERB it PRON to PART be AUX naughty ADJ » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 4 right punct 2 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 4 right nsubj 3 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 does punct 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 does nsubj 7 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 does obj 9 to to PART _ 11 naughty mark 10 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 naughty cop 11 naughty naughty ADJ Degree=Pos 7 does advcl 12 » » PUNCT _ 4 right punct
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1 is in a quote present Dad right property tree rules 2 do in a quote present he it vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality 3 is in a quote to-infinitive he not said here naughty property tree rules
Option 4 «Just ignore them and eat faster»
punct advmod obj cc conj advmod punct root « PUNCT Just ADV ignore VERB them PRON and CCONJ eat VERB faster ADV » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 ignore punct 2 Just just ADV _ 3 ignore advmod 3 ignore ignore VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 ignore obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 eat cc 6 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 ignore conj 7 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 6 eat advmod 8 » » PUNCT _ 3 ignore punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ignore in a quote imperative you not said here them = they vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme 2 eat in a quote present you not said here fast property vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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