Test 5 · The granny who spoils you and the strict grandad
Seren: «Grandad's well strict, he must hate me». What's truer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Seren, Grandad · What happens: be, hate · To what, where: me
This is test 5 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: Seren: «Grandad's well strict, he must hate me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seren | Seren | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 strict | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 strict | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 strict | punct |
| 4 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 strict | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 strict | cop |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 strict | advmod |
| 7 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hate | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 hate | nsubj |
| 10 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hate | aux |
| 11 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 strict | parataxis |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 hate | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 hate | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 strict | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Seren | strict, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | must | Grandad | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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 truer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 truer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 truer | cop |
| 3 | truer | true | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 truer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Strict means he wants her gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | obj |
| 6 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wants | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Strict | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | want | present | he | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go not said to happen | participle | her = she not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He only likes Mam, not her
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 | 3 likes | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 likes | advmod |
| 3 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Mam | Mam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 likes | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 her | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 her | advmod |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | He | Mam | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Strict and loving go together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 loving | cc |
| 3 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Strict | conj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go together | present | Strict | together property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Strict grandads never love anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 grandads | amod |
| 2 | grandads | grandad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 love | advmod |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present | Strict grandads | anyone | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus |
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