Test 11 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, u · What happens: cry, hate, be · To what, where: wedding, stepdad
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Sky's cousin: «u cried at the wedding?? so u hate ur stepdad».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky | Sky | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sky | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cried | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 cousin | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 cried | punct |
| 6 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 cried | nsubj |
| 7 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 wedding | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wedding | det |
| 10 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cried | obl |
| 11 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 7 cried | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 hate | advmod |
| 13 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 hate | nsubj |
| 14 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cried | advcl |
| 15 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 stepdad | nmod:poss |
| 16 | stepdad | stepdad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 hate | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 hate | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 cried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express in a quote | past | Sky's cousin | the wedding | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wedding=Location | ||||
| 2 | hate in a quote | present | u | ur's stepdad | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepdad=Stimulus |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Crying always means you hate someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | csubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Crying | advmod |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hate | nsubj |
| 5 | hate | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 means | ccomp |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 hate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | always property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Crying | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hate | present | you | someone | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
Option 2
Bridesmaids are not allowed to cry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bridesmaids | bridesmaid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 cry | mark |
| 6 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Bridesmaids | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bridesmaids not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Big days can bring happy and sad tears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 days | amod |
| 2 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tears | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sad | cc |
| 7 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 happy | conj |
| 8 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | can | Big days | happy tears | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tear=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Sky must have been ill that day and kept it quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ill | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ill | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 ill | cop |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ill | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 kept | cc |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 kept | obj |
| 11 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must · perfect | Sky | day | ill property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | keep | past | Sky not said here | Sky | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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