Test 1 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
«if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, it · What happens: love, ring, be, innit · To what, where: me, fault
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 517 «The parent who left, and a new partner» 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: «if my dad really loved me he'd ring, so it's my fault innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 loved | mark |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loved | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 loved | advmod |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 ring | advcl |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 loved | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ring | nsubj |
| 9 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 ring | aux |
| 10 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fault | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 fault | advmod |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 fault | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fault | cop |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 fault | nmod:poss |
| 16 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | obl |
| 17 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ring | conj |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 ring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | my dad | me | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ring in a quote | would | dad | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | it | my fault | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | dad not said here | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, kids make parents stop calling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 make | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | kids | parents | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | parents not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | call | gerund | parents not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
No, it's Mum's fault for him leaving
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 fault | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fault | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fault | cop |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fault | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Mum | case |
| 7 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fault | nmod |
| 10 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 fault | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | Mum's fault | for him = he | tree rules | |||
| 2 | leave | gerund | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, if you were naughty that year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 naughty | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 naughty | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 naughty | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 naughty | cop |
| 6 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 naughty | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | you | year | naughty property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's about Dad, never the child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 Dad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Dad | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Dad | cop |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 Dad | case |
| 6 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 child | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 child | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 child | det |
| 10 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Dad | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | about Dad | tree rules |
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