Test 6 · Living in a children's home Elowen: «my dad's getting better, he'll come for me soon». Her social worker says it may take a long time. What's the wise way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Elowen, dad, social worker, it, wise way · What happens: get, come, say, take, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 520 «Living in a children's home» 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: Elowen: «my dad's getting better, he'll come for me soon».
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj aux xcomp punct nsubj aux parataxis case obl advmod punct punct root Elowen PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT my PRON dad NOUN 's AUX getting VERB better ADJ , PUNCT he PRON 'll AUX come VERB for ADP me PRON soon ADV » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Elowen Elowen PROPN Number=Sing 7 getting nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 Elowen punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 getting punct 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 dad nmod:poss 5 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 7 getting nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 getting aux 7 getting get VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 8 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 getting xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 come punct 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 come nsubj 11 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 come aux 12 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 getting parataxis 13 for for ADP _ 14 me case 14 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 12 come obl 15 soon soon ADV Degree=Pos 12 come advmod 16 » » PUNCT _ 12 come punct 17 . . PUNCT _ 7 getting punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get in a quote present · progressive Elowen good property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 come in a quote future dad for me; soon property 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: Her social worker says it may take a long time.
nmod:poss amod nsubj nsubj aux ccomp det amod obj punct root Her PRON social ADJ worker NOUN says VERB it PRON may AUX take VERB a DET long ADJ time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 worker nmod:poss 2 social social ADJ Degree=Pos 3 worker amod 3 worker worker NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 take nsubj 6 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 take aux 7 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 time det 9 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 10 time amod 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 take obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Elowen's social worker vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 take may it time vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the wise way?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET wise ADJ way NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 way det 4 wise wise ADJ Degree=Pos 5 way amod 5 way way NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the wise way tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Pretend her dad doesn't exist
nmod:poss nsubj aux advmod ccomp root Pretend VERB her PRON dad NOUN does AUX n't PART exist VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretend pretend VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 dad nmod:poss 3 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 6 exist nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 exist aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 exist advmod 6 exist exist VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Pretend ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend imperative you not said here tree rules 2 not exist present · do-support her dad vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Stop going to dance until he comes
xcomp mark xcomp mark nsubj advcl root Stop VERB going VERB to PART dance VERB until SCONJ he PRON comes VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 to to PART _ 4 dance mark 4 dance dance VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 going xcomp 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 comes mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 comes nsubj 7 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 dance advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 go gerund you not said here vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 dance to-infinitive you not said here vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 come present he vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Keep hoping and keep living her life too
xcomp cc conj xcomp nmod:poss obj advmod root Keep VERB hoping VERB and CCONJ keep VERB living VERB her PRON life NOUN too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 hoping hope VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Keep xcomp 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 keep cc 4 keep keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Keep conj 5 living live VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 keep xcomp 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 life nmod:poss 7 life life NOUN Number=Sing 5 living obj 8 too too ADV _ 5 living advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep imperative you not said here tree rules 2 hope gerund you not said here vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot 3 keep present you not said here tree rules 4 live gerund you not said here her life vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location
Option 4 Give up hope completely and forever
advcl compound:prt advmod cc conj root Give VERB up ADP hope VERB completely ADV and CCONJ forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 hope advcl 2 up up ADP _ 1 Give compound:prt 3 hope hope VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 completely completely ADV _ 3 hope advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 forever cc 6 forever forever ADV _ 4 completely conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give up infinitive vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 hope present completely property vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
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