Test 8 · ★ · Grandparents abroad and grandparents you never met
Jago: «I never met my granny, so she's not really my granny». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jago · What happens: not meet, not be · To what, where: granny
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Jago: «I never met my granny, so she's not really my granny».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jago | Jago | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 met | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jago | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 met | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 met | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 met | advmod |
| 6 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 granny | nmod:poss |
| 8 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 granny | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 granny | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 granny | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 granny | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 granny | advmod |
| 14 | really | really | ADV | _ | 16 granny | advmod |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 granny | nmod:poss |
| 16 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 met | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 granny | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 met | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not meet in a quote | past | Jago | my granny | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent granny=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | Jago | my granny | 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.
Sentence 2: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, but he should never ask about her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ask | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 ask | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ask | aux |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 ask | advmod |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | should | he | about her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, she's still his granny, and he can learn about her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 granny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 granny | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 granny | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 granny | advmod |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 granny | nmod:poss |
| 7 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 learn | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 learn | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 learn | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 learn | aux |
| 12 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 granny | conj |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 14 her | case |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 learn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | his granny | still | tree rules | |||
| 2 | learn | can | he | about her = she | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, only living grandparents are real family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 family | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 grandparents | advmod |
| 4 | living | living | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grandparents | amod |
| 5 | grandparents | grandparent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 family | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 family | cop |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 family | amod |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | living grandparents | real family | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, you have to meet someone for them to count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 meet | mark |
| 6 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 meet | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 meet | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 count | mark |
| 11 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 meet | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | you not said here | someone | for them = they | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | count | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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