Test 3 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad
Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum». What's likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nan, me, you · What happens: let, have, be · To what, where: me, pop, Mum
This is test 3 of lesson 512 «The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad» 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: Alfie-Joe, at home: «Nan lets me have pop AND a fiver, so you have to as well, Mum».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfie | Alfie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Joe | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 Joe | punct |
| 3 | Joe | Joe | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 home | punct |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Joe | appos |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 lets | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 lets | punct |
| 9 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 lets | nsubj |
| 10 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 home | acl:relcl |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 lets | obj |
| 12 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 lets | xcomp |
| 13 | pop | pop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 have | obj |
| 14 | AND | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fiver | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fiver | det |
| 16 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pop | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 have | punct |
| 18 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 have | advmod |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 have | nsubj |
| 20 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Joe | parataxis |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 Mum | mark |
| 22 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 25 Mum | advmod |
| 23 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 22 as | fixed |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 as | punct |
| 25 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 have | xcomp |
| 26 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 have | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Joe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in a quote | present | Nan | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | pop and a fiver | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pop=Patient | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | you | Mum | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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: What's likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum will say yes and give him a tenner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 say | aux |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 say | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 give | cc |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 say | conj |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 give | iobj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tenner | det |
| 9 | tenner | tenner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | future | Mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | Mum not said here | a tenner | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient tenner=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A row, and Mum won't like being played against Nan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 row | det |
| 2 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 played | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 like | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 like | cc |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 like | nsubj |
| 6 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 like | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 like | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 row | acl:relcl |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 played | aux:pass |
| 10 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 Nan | case |
| 12 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not like | future | Mum | a row not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot row=Theme | ||||
| 2 | play | gerund · passive | a row | against Nan | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Nan will be in trouble with the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 trouble | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 trouble | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trouble | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 trouble | case |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 police | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 police | det |
| 8 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 trouble | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | Nan | trouble | with the police | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing, Mum will just agree with Nan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 agree | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 agree | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 agree | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 agree | advmod |
| 6 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 Nan | case |
| 8 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | future | Nothing | with Nan | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with nan=Co-Agent |
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