Test 6 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own
«Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family». Right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lexi · What happens: not get, not be · To what, where: dad, proper family
This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: «Lexi hasn't got a dad, so she's not a proper family».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 2 | Lexi | Lexi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dad | det |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 family | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 family | advmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 family | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 family | cop |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 family | advmod |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 family | det |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 family | amod |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 family | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in a quote | present · perfect | Lexi | a dad | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | Lexi | a proper family | 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
No, but she should pretend she has one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 pretend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pretend | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 pretend | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretend | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretend | aux |
| 6 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretend | ccomp |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | should | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | have | present | she | one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 2
Yes, unless she has a stepdad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 5 has | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 has | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 stepdad | det |
| 7 | stepdad | stepdad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | she | a stepdad | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stepdad=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, you need two parents for a family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 need | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 parents | nummod |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 family | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | you | two parents | for a family | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot parent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, one parent is a whole family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 family | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 parent | nummod |
| 4 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 family | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 family | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | 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 | one parent | a whole family | tree rules |
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