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Test 4 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals

«Why can't you be more like Rosa? She's top of the class, she is». What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Rosa, Mum · What happens: be, happen, keep, say · To what, where: top, class · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 507 «Siblings as best mates and as rivals» 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 can't you be more like Rosa?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Rosa	punct
2	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 ca	advmod
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 Rosa	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 ca	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 Rosa	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 Rosa	cop
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 Rosa	advmod
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 Rosa	case
9	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 Rosa	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	can	you					like Rosa	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: She's top of the class, she is».

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 top	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 top	cop
3	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 class	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 class	det
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 top	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 is	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 is	nsubj
9	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 top	parataxis
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 is	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 top	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Rosa	top				of the class	tree rules
2	be	present	Rosa						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: What would most likely happen if Mum kept saying it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 kept	mark
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	advcl
9	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 kept	xcomp
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saying	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past	Mum						tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund	Mum not said here	class					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

The options

Option 1

Nothing at all, comparing never hurts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 comparing	punct
5	comparing	compare	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Nothing	acl
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 hurts	advmod
7	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 comparing	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compare	gerund							tree rules
2	not hurt	present							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Rosa and Elowen would become best mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rosa	Rosa	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 become	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Elowen	cc
3	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rosa	conj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
5	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 mates	amod
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	Rosa and Elowen	best mates					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

Elowen would feel worse and might give up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 feel	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 feel	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 give	cc
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 feel	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 give	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	would	Elowen					bad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	give up	might	Elowen not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Elowen would get top marks the next week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elowen	Elowen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 marks	amod
5	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 week	det
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 week	amod
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Elowen	top marks			week		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

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