Test 4 · Divorce and two homes
In a cartoon, a clever kid makes her divorced parents fall back in love. What is more real?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: clever kid, divorced parents · What happens: make, fall back, be · To what, where: cartoon, love
This is test 4 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: In a cartoon, a clever kid makes her divorced parents fall back in love.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 6 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kid | amod |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 parents | nmod:poss |
| 10 | divorced | divorced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 parents | amod |
| 11 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fall | nsubj |
| 12 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 makes | ccomp |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 fall | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 love | case |
| 15 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fall | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a clever kid | a cartoon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fall back | present | kid's divorced parents | love | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location |
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 is more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | advmod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Any kid with a clever enough plan can reunite them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reunite | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 plan | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 plan | det |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 plan | amod |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 plan | amod |
| 7 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 reunite | aux |
| 9 | reunite | reunite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 reunite | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reunite | can | any kid with a clever enough plan | them = they | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
Option 2
Parents who divorce never speak to each other again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 speak | nsubj |
| 3 | divorce | divorce | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 speak | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 speak | advmod |
| 5 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 each | case |
| 7 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 5 speak | obl |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 each | fixed |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 speak | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not speak speech: other | present | Parents | again | to each | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to each=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Every divorced couple gets back together in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 couple | det |
| 2 | divorced | divorced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 couple | amod |
| 3 | couple | couple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 6 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | present | every divorced couple | in the end | together property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Kids can't fix it; some parents end up friends and some don't
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 fix | advmod |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fix | obj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 end | punct |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 parents | det |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 end | nsubj |
| 9 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | parataxis |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 end | compound:prt |
| 11 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 end | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 do | cc |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 do | nsubj |
| 14 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fix | conj |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fix | can | Kids | it | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | end up | present | some parents | friends | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not do | present | some | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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