Test 10 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met
Koa wants to understand his grandad without Mum translating. What's the best plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Koa, Mum, best plan · What happens: want, understand, translate, be · To what, where: grandad
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 513 «Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met» 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: Koa wants to understand his grandad without Mum translating.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koa | Koa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 understand | mark |
| 4 | understand | understand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 6 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 understand | obj |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 translating | mark |
| 8 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 translating | nsubj |
| 9 | translating | translate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 understand | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Koa | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | understand not said to happen | to-infinitive | Koa not said here | Koa's grandad | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer grandad=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | translate | gerund | Mum | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 the best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Learn some Samoan words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 words | det |
| 3 | Samoan | samoan | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 words | amod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Learn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | imperative | you not said here | some Samoan words | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
Option 2
Wait for Grandad to learn English
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 Grandad | case |
| 3 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 learn | mark |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 learn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for Grandad | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | to-infinitive | you not said here | English | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Topic |
Option 3
Ask Grandad to stop sending messages
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stop | mark |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | sending | send | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Grandad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent grandad=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | send | gerund | you not said here | messages | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme |
Option 4
Only listen to English songs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 listen | advmod |
| 2 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 songs | case |
| 4 | English | English | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 songs | amod |
| 5 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 listen | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | imperative | you not said here | to English songs | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to song=Theme |
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