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Test 7 · ★★★ · Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody expla…

An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink. What would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, Ruaridh · What happens: stagger, happen, stay

This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 511 «Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains» 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: An uncle at Hogmanay is staggering about with a drink.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staggering	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 Hogmanay	case
4	Hogmanay	Hogmanay	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uncle	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 staggering	aux
6	staggering	stagger	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	about	about	ADV	_	6 staggering	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 drink	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drink	det
10	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staggering	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 staggering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stagger	present · progressive	a uncle at Hogmanay					with a drink; about property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 would most likely happen if Ruaridh stayed right next to him?

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 stayed	mark
7	Ruaridh	Ruaridh	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	nsubj
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	advcl
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 next	advmod
10	next	next	ADV	_	8 stayed	advmod
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 next	obl
13	?	?	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	stay a condition, not said to happen	past	Ruaridh					next property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, drunk people are always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 drunk	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fine	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	drunk people					always, fine property	tree rules

Option 2

The uncle would sober up straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sober	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sober	aux
4	sober	sober	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 sober	compound:prt
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 sober	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sober up	would	the uncle					away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He might get knocked over or upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocked	nsubj:pass
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 knocked	aux
3	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 knocked	aux:pass
4	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	over	over	ADP	_	4 knocked	compound:prt
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 upset	cc
7	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 knocked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock over	might · passive		He					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Everyone would think he was a hero

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 think	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 think	aux
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hero	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hero	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hero	det
7	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 think	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	would	Everyone						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a hero					tree rules

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