Test 7 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch. What's more real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new stepmum · What happens: be · To what, where: wicked witch, film
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a film, the new stepmum is a wicked witch.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 witch | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stepmum | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stepmum | amod |
| 7 | stepmum | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 witch | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 witch | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 witch | det |
| 10 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 witch | amod |
| 11 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 witch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the new stepmum | a wicked witch | a film | 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's more real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 real | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 real | amod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
All stepmums are wicked, like in the stories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 stepmums | det |
| 2 | stepmums | stepmum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wicked | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wicked | cop |
| 4 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wicked | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 stories | case |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 stories | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stories | det |
| 9 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wicked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all stepmums | like the stories; wicked property | tree rules |
Option 2
Every new partner is perfect from day one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 partner | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 partner | amod |
| 3 | partner | partner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perfect | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 perfect | cop |
| 5 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 perfect | obl |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 perfect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | every new partner | day | one obl; perfect property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Many new partners are kind, some get it wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 partners | amod |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 partners | amod |
| 3 | partners | partner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | cop |
| 5 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 get | punct |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kind | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | obj |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Many new partners | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | present | some | it | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4
New partners never want to meet the kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 partners | amod |
| 2 | partners | partner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 want | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 want | advmod |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 meet | mark |
| 6 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kids | det |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 meet | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not want | present | New partners | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | meet not said to happen | to-infinitive | New partners not said here | the kids | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Co-Agent |
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