Test 12 · Divorce and two homes
Avery says her parents are «mates now». What would most likely happen at her next birthday?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Avery, parents · What happens: say, be, happen · To what, where: mates, next birthday · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 of lesson 516 «Divorce and two homes» 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: Avery says her parents are «mates now».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avery | Avery | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 parents | nmod:poss |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 mates | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mates | cop |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 mates | punct |
| 7 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 mates | advmod |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 mates | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Avery | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Avery's parents | mates | now | 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 would most likely happen at her next birthday?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 birthday | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 8 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 birthday | amod |
| 9 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 happen | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | Avery's next birthday | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at birthday=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Both could come without a row
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 row | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 row | det |
| 6 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | could | Both | without a row | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
They'd argue all through the cake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 argue | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 argue | aux |
| 3 | argue | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 3 argue | advmod |
| 5 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 cake | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 argue | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | would | They | the cake | all property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Neither parent would come at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 parent | det |
| 2 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | would | neither parent | all | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location |
Option 4
She'd need two parties on one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 need | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 need | aux |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 parties | nummod |
| 5 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 day | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 day | nummod |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | would | She | two parties | day | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot party=Theme |
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