Test 6 · Divorce and two homes

Leo-James shouts «You're not my dad!» What would be an honest and calmer way to say it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, You · What happens: shout, not be, be, say · To what, where: dad, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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: Leo-James shouts «You're not my dad!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shouts	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
3	James	James	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leo	flat
4	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 dad	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 dad	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 dad	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 dad	advmod
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shouts	ccomp
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 dad	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 dad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	Leo						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a in a quote	present	You	my dad					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 be an honest and calmer way to say it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 honest	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 honest	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 honest	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 honest	det
5	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 way	cc
7	calmer	calm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honest	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 say	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 honest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would						honest property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		way					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

«You're not my dad, so Mum makes the rules»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 dad	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 dad	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dad	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 dad	advmod
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 dad	nmod:poss
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 makes	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 makes	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 makes	advmod
9	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 makes	nsubj
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rules	det
12	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 makes	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a in a quote	present	You	my dad					tree rules
2	make in a quote	present	my dad	the rules					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Product

Option 2

Saying nothing at all and slamming every door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	1 Saying	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 all	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 nothing	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 slamming	cc
6	slamming	slam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saying	conj
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slamming	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		nothing		all			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	slam	gerund		every door					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3

«Get out of our house right now, you idiot»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct
2	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Get	obl
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 now	advmod
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Get	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 idiot	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 idiot	nsubj
11	idiot	idiot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Get	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get out in a quote	imperative	you not said here	our house			now		tree rules
2	idiot in a quote		you						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

«Fine then, I'll call you Dad from today»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Fine	punct
2	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Fine	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 call	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 call	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 call	aux
7	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Fine	parataxis
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 call	obj
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 call	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 today	case
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 call	obl
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Fine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	future	I	you			today		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme dad=Result

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