Test 7 · ★★★ · Mum on her own, Dad on his own
Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom». What's a good plan?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zach, I · What happens: be, not wanna · To what, where: upset Mom, good plan
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Zach: «I'm lowkey curious about my dad but I don't wanna upset Mom».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zach | Zach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 curious | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 curious | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 curious | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 curious | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 curious | cop |
| 6 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 7 curious | advmod |
| 7 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 dad | case |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 curious | obl |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 wanna | cc |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 wanna | nsubj |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 wanna | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 wanna | advmod |
| 15 | wanna | wanna | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 curious | conj |
| 16 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Mom | amod |
| 17 | Mom | Mom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 wanna | obj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 wanna | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 curious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Zach | about my dad; curious, lowkey property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not wanna in a quote | present · do-support | I | upset Mom | 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: What's a good plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plan | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Make up a dad and tell everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Make | compound:prt |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dad | det |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tell | cc |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Make | conj |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 tell | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | imperative | you not said here | a dad | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dad=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient |
Option 2
Search online for strangers called Dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Search | search | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Search | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 strangers | case |
| 4 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Search | obl |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 strangers | acl |
| 6 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | imperative | you not said here | for strangers; online property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for stranger=Theme | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | strangers not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask Mom when he's ready, gently
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Mom | Mom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 ready | advmod |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ready | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 ready | cop |
| 6 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ask | punct |
| 8 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | Mom | gently property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mom=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | present | he | ready property | tree rules |
Option 4
Never think about it ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 think | advmod |
| 2 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 think | obl |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 again | advmod |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 think | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not think speech: other | imperative | you not said here | again | about it | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
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