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Test 6 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner

Paige's dad doesn't show for the zoo. Next week he promises the cinema. What would most likely help Paige?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: not show, promise, help · To what, where: cinema, Paige

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Paige's dad doesn't show for the zoo.

nmod:posscasensubjauxadvmodcasedetoblpunctrootPaigePROPN'sPARTdadNOUNdoesAUXn'tPARTshowVERBforADPtheDETzooNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PaigePaigePROPNNumber=Sing3 dadnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Paigecase
3daddadNOUNNumber=Sing6 shownsubj
4doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 showaux
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 showadvmod
6showshowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7forforADP_9 zoocase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 zoodet
9zoozooNOUNNumber=Sing6 showobl
10..PUNCT_6 showpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not showpresent · do-supportPaige's dadfor the zoovn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Next week he promises the cinema.

amodobl:unmarkednsubjdetobjpunctrootNextADJweekNOUNhePRONpromisesVERBtheDETcinemaNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NextnextADJDegree=Pos2 weekamod
2weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing4 promisesobl:unmarked
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 promisesnsubj
4promisespromiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 cinemadet
6cinemacinemaNOUNNumber=Sing4 promisesobj
7..PUNCT_4 promisespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1promise speech: promisepresentdadthe cinemaweekvn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cinema=Theme

Sentence 3: What would most likely help Paige?

nsubjauxadvmodadvmodobjpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXmostADVlikelyADVhelpVERBPaigePROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 helpnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 helpaux
3mostmostADVDegree=Sup4 likelyadvmod
4likelylikelyADV_5 helpadvmod
5helphelpVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6PaigePaigePROPNNumber=Sing5 helpobj
7??PUNCT_5 helppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpwouldPaigelikely propertyvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paige=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Waiting on the doorstep again, all day if needed

casedetobladvmodpunctdetobl:unmarkedmarkadvclrootWaitingVERBonADPtheDETdoorstepNOUNagainADV,PUNCTallDETdayNOUNifSCONJneededVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitingwaitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2ononADP_4 doorstepcase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 doorstepdet
4doorstepdoorstepNOUNNumber=Sing1 Waitingobl
5againagainADV_1 Waitingadvmod
6,,PUNCT_1 Waitingpunct
7allallDETPronType=Tot8 daydet
8daydayNOUNNumber=Sing1 Waitingobl:unmarked
9ififSCONJ_10 neededmark
10neededneedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Waitingadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitgerundthe doorstepagain; dayvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on doorstep=Location
2need a condition, not said to happenparticiplevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Mum stays ready with a plan B, just in case

nsubjxcompcasedetcompoundoblpunctadvmodcaseparataxisrootMumNOUNstaysVERBreadyADJwithADPaDETplanNOUNBNOUN,PUNCTjustADVinADPcaseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing2 staysnsubj
2staysstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3readyreadyADJDegree=Pos2 staysxcomp
4withwithADP_7 Bcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 Bdet
6planplanNOUNNumber=Sing7 Bcompound
7BBNOUNNumber=Sing3 readyobl
8,,PUNCT_11 casepunct
9justjustADV_11 caseadvmod
10ininADP_11 casecase
11casecaseNOUNNumber=Sing2 staysparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypresentMumready propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Ringing him every five minutes on Saturday morning

objdetnummodobl:unmarkedcasecompoundoblrootRingingVERBhimPRONeveryDETfiveNUMminutesNOUNonADPSaturdayPROPNmorningNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RingingringVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Ringingobj
3everyeveryDETPronType=Tot5 minutesdet
4fivefiveNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 minutesnummod
5minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur1 Ringingobl:unmarked
6ononADP_8 morningcase
7SaturdaySaturdayPROPNNumber=Sing8 morningcompound
8morningmorningNOUNNumber=Sing1 Ringingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ringgerundhim = heminute; morningvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme

Option 4

Telling herself she must stop wanting things

csubjiobjnsubjauxxcompobjrootTellingVERBherselfPRONshePRONmustAUXstopVERBwantingVERBthingsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TellingtellVERBVerbForm=Ger5 stopcsubj
2herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes1 Tellingiobj
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 stopnsubj
4mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin5 stopaux
5stopstopVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6wantingwantVERBVerbForm=Ger5 stopxcomp
7thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur6 wantingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertgerundherself = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient
2stopmustshevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3wantgerundshe not said herethingsvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme

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