Test 8 · ★ · The parent who left, and a new partner
Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever». Does he really not care?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jordan · What happens: not care, come back
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Jordan: «don't care if he comes back, whatever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 care | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 care | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 care | punct |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 care | advmod |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 comes | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 comes | nsubj |
| 9 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | advcl |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 comes | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 whatever | punct |
| 12 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 care | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 whatever | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Jordan | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | come back a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | Jordan | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: Does he really not care?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 care | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 care | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 care | advmod |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 care | advmod |
| 5 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | Jordan | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
No, he has truly forgotten all about his dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 forgotten | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgotten | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 forgotten | aux |
| 5 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 6 forgotten | advmod |
| 6 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 forgotten | advmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 dad | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 forgotten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | present · perfect | he | about his dad; all, truly property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, kids stop caring after a month apart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stop | punct |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | caring | care | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 month | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 month | det |
| 8 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 caring | obl |
| 9 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 5 caring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | kids | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | care | gerund | kids not said here | month | apart property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, he only cares about the takeaways
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 cares | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cares | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cares | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 cares | advmod |
| 5 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 takeaways | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 takeaways | det |
| 8 | takeaways | takeaway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cares | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | he | about the takeaways | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about takeaway=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Probably he cares, and numb is protecting him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Probably | probably | ADV | _ | 3 cares | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cares | nsubj |
| 3 | cares | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 protecting | advcl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 numb | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 numb | cc |
| 6 | numb | numb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cares | ccomp |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 protecting | aux |
| 8 | protecting | protect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 protecting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | present | he | probably property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | protect | present · progressive | him = he | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
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