Test 4 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own

Kezia finds Mum crying over bills for the third week running. What's the most helpful thing she could do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kezia, Mum, helpful thing · What happens: find, cry, run, be, do · To what, where: Mum, bills, helpful thing

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 515 «Mum on her own, Dad on his own» 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: Kezia finds Mum crying over bills for the third week running.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kezia	Kezia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 finds	nsubj
2	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 finds	obj
4	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 finds	xcomp
5	over	over	ADP	_	6 bills	case
6	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 crying	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 week	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 week	det
9	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 week	amod
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crying	obl
11	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 crying	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	find	present	Kezia	Mum			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent mum=Attribute clause=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund	Mum not said here		bills	week	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bill=Location
3	run	gerund	Mum not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 most helpful thing she could do?

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	6 thing	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 helpful	advmod
5	helpful	helpful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 do	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 do	aux
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 thing	acl:relcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the helpful thing						tree rules
2	do	could	Kezia	the helpful thing not said here					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it a secret from everyone so Mum isn't embarrassed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 secret	det
4	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 everyone	case
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Keep	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 embarrassed	mark
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 embarrassed	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 embarrassed	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 embarrassed	advmod
11	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		everyone			vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer it=Beneficiary from everyone=Eventuality
2	not is	present	Mum					embarrassed property	tree rules

Option 2

Hide the bills so Mum can't find them in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bills	det
3	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 find	mark
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hide	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 morning	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 morning	det
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the bills					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient
2	not find	can	Mum	bills = bill			morning		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell Mum she loves her, and tell a trusted grown-up she's worried

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loves	nsubj
4	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loves	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tell	cc
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 up	det
10	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 up	amod
11	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 up	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 up	punct
13	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 worried	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 worried	cop
16	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	love	present	she	her = she			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a trusted grown up			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
4	trust	participle					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	she			worried property	tree rules

Option 4

Ask Mum for more pocket money to cheer her up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 money	case
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 money	amod
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	compound
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cheer	mark
8	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cheer	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 cheer	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Mum			for more pocket money	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient clause=Topic
2	cheer up not said to happen	to-infinitive		Mum					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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