Test 3 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him». What would a wise grown-up say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Dad, wise grown · What happens: like, think, swap, say · To what, where: Gareth, Dad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Leon: «if I like Gareth, Dad'll think I've swapped him».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon | Leon | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 think | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 think | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 like | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 like | nsubj |
| 6 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 think | advcl |
| 7 | Gareth | Gareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 like | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 like | punct |
| 9 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 think | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 think | aux |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leon | parataxis |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 swapped | nsubj |
| 13 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 swapped | aux |
| 14 | swapped | swap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 think | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 swapped | obj |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 swapped | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Leon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | Gareth | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | future | Dad | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | swap in a quote | present · perfect | I | Dad | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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 a wise grown-up say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 grown | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grown | amod |
| 5 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 say | nsubj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 up | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grown | compound |
| 8 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a wise grown | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Stop liking Gareth, just to be on the safe side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | liking | like | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | Gareth | Gareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 liking | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 side | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 side | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 side | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 side | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 side | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 side | det |
| 10 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 side | amod |
| 11 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Gareth | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | like | gerund | you not said here | Gareth | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | the safe side | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You can like Gareth and still love Dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 like | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 like | aux |
| 3 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Gareth | Gareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 like | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 love | cc |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 love | advmod |
| 7 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 like | conj |
| 8 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | can | You | Gareth | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gareth=Theme | ||||
| 2 | love | present | You not said here | Dad | still | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus |
Option 3
You have to pick one of them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 pick | mark |
| 4 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pick | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 them | case |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | You | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pick | to-infinitive | You not said here | one of them | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
Option 4
Never tell anyone you like Gareth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 tell | advmod |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 tell | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 like | nsubj |
| 5 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | Gareth | Gareth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tell | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | anyone | Gareth | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gareth=Recipient anyone=Topic | |||
| 2 | like | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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