Test 6 · ★★ · Siblings as best mates and as rivals
Mo, grinning: «Hattie's me best mate, no cap». Can a sister really be your best mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mo · What happens: grin, be · To what, where: best mate
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Mo, grinning: «Hattie's me best mate, no cap».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grinning | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 grinning | punct |
| 3 | grinning | grin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 grinning | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hattie | punct |
| 6 | Hattie | Hattie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grinning | appos |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Hattie | case |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 Hattie | iobj |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 mate | amod |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Hattie | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cap | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 cap | det |
| 13 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Hattie | appos |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hattie | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 grinning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grin | gerund | Mo | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Can a sister really be your best mate?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 sister | aux |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sister | det |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 mate | advmod |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 mate | cop |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 mate | amod |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sister | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sister | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | infinitive | your best mate | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, plenty of siblings are best friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 plenty | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 friends | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 siblings | case |
| 5 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plenty | nmod |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 friends | cop |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 friends | amod |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | plenty of siblings | best friends | tree rules |
Option 2
No, best mates must be from school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 mates | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 mates | amod |
| 4 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 school | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 school | cop |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 school | case |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mates | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | school | tree rules |
Option 3
Only if they're twins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 twins | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 twins | mark |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 twins | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 twins | cop |
| 5 | twins | twin | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | twins | tree rules |
Option 4
No, siblings can only ever be rivals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 siblings | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | siblings | sibling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rivals | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 rivals | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 rivals | advmod |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 8 rivals | advmod |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 rivals | cop |
| 8 | rivals | rival | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | can | siblings | rivals | ever | tree rules |
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