Test 5 · Friends, teams and fair play

Why is it good to include a child who is often alone?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: child · What happens: be, include · To what, where: child

This is test 5 of lesson 52 «Friends, teams and fair play» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 good	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	expl
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 include	mark
6	include	include	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 good	csubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 include	obj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 alone	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 alone	cop
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 alone	advmod
12	alone	alone	ADJ	_	8 child	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present			good property	tree rules
2	include	to-infinitive		a child		vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
3	is	present	a child		alone, often property	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.

The options

Option 1

It makes you the leader of the game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 makes	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 leader	det
5	leader	leader	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 game	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 game	det
8	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leader	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the leader of the game	you				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset you=Beneficiary leader=Product

Option 2

Lonely children always want to be left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 want	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 left	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 left	aux:pass
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 want	xcomp
8	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Lonely children					always property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	Lonely children not said here					alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»

Option 3

It is only good if their parents are watching from the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 good	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 good	advmod
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 watching	mark
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 watching	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 watching	aux
9	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 good	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 gate	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 watching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					good property	tree rules
2	watch a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	their parents			the gate			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Being included can make a lonely child feel they belong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 included	aux:pass
2	included	include	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 make	csubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 child	det
6	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 child	amod
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obj
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 belong	nsubj
10	belong	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 feel	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	include	gerund · passive			vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»
2	make	can		a lonely child	tree rules
3	feel	infinitive	a lonely child not said here		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	belong	present	they		vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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