Test 21 · Manners and kindness

new girl's got two mums n Ben said "that's weird" right in front of her

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new girl, Ben, that · What happens: get, say, be · To what, where: two mums, front · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 girl	amod
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	root	root
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 mums	nummod
6	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 got	obj
7	n	n	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mums	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 weird	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 weird	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 weird	cop
13	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 weird	punct
15	right	right	ADV	_	17 front	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 front	case
17	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	new girl	two mums	front of Ben		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	past	Ben				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	that			weird 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Some families have two mums and that is normal; say kindly that families differ

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 families	det
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 mums	nummod
5	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 normal	cc
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 normal	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 normal	cop
9	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mums	conj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 have	parataxis
12	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 differ	mark
14	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 differ	nsubj
15	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 say	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	some families	two mums		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Patient
2	is	present	that		normal property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	infinitive			kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	differ	present	families			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Ask her lots of questions about her two mums in front of the whole class

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Ask	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 questions	case
5	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lots	nmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 mums	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mums	nmod:poss
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 mums	nummod
9	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 questions	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 front	case
11	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 class	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 class	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 class	amod
15	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	lots of questions about her two mums	her = she	front of the whole class			tree rules

Option 3

Agree it is weird so Ben likes you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 weird	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weird	cop
4	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Agree	ccomp
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 likes	advmod
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 likes	nsubj
7	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Agree	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	imperative	you not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it		weird property	tree rules
3	like	present	Ben	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme

Option 4

Tell her she is not allowed two mums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	advcl
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 mums	nummod
8	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	not allow	present · passive		she					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal mum=Theme

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