Test 3 · ★ · Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison
«army kids are always fine, they're used to it». Right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: army kids · What happens: be, use · To what, where: kids, it
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 519 «Parents far away: the army, work abroad, prison» 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: «army kids are always fine, they're used to it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 fine | punct |
| 2 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kids | compound |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fine | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fine | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 fine | advmod |
| 6 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 used | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 used | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 used | aux:pass |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 fine | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 used | obl |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 used | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | army kids | always, fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use in a quote | present · passive | kids = kid | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, they never miss their parents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 miss | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 miss | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 miss | advmod |
| 5 | miss | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 miss | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not miss | present | they | their parents | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, they often feel proud and sad at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 feel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 feel | advmod |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feel | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sad | cc |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 proud | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 once | case |
| 10 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | they | often, proud property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, because soldiers come home every night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 come | mark |
| 4 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 night | det |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | soldiers | night | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
No, army kids are never proud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 proud | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kids | compound |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 proud | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 proud | cop |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 proud | advmod |
| 7 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | army kids | proud property | tree rules |
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