Test 7 · Living in a children's home Luca's mum misses a visit. A new worker says «never mind, eh». What would most likely help more?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, new worker · What happens: miss, say, not mind, help · To what, where: visit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Luca's mum misses a visit.
nmod:poss case nsubj det obj punct root Luca PROPN 's PART mum NOUN misses VERB a DET visit NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Luca Luca PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Luca case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 misses nsubj 4 misses miss VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 visit det 6 visit visit NOUN Number=Sing 4 misses obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 misses punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 miss present Luca's mum a visit vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer visit=Stimulus
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: A new worker says «never mind, eh».
det amod nsubj punct advmod ccomp punct discourse punct punct root A DET new ADJ worker NOUN says VERB « PUNCT never ADV mind VERB , PUNCT eh INTJ » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 worker det 2 new new 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 « « PUNCT _ 7 mind punct 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 mind advmod 7 mind mind VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 eh punct 9 eh eh INTJ _ 7 mind discourse 10 » » PUNCT _ 7 mind punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a new worker vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not mind in a quote infinitive vn care-88.1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Sentence 3: What would most likely help more?
nsubj aux advmod advmod advmod punct root What PRON would AUX most ADV likely ADV help VERB more ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 help nsubj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 help aux 3 most most ADV Degree=Sup 4 likely advmod 4 likely likely ADV _ 5 help advmod 5 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 help advmod 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 help punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help would likely property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Sitting with him and letting him be sad
csubj case obl cc conj obj cop root Sitting VERB with ADP him PRON and CCONJ letting VERB him PRON be AUX sad ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sitting sit VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 sad csubj 2 with with ADP _ 3 him case 3 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Sitting obl 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 letting cc 5 letting let VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Sitting conj 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 letting obj 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 sad cop 8 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sit gerund with him = he vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 let gerund him = he vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme 3 is imperative you not said here sad property tree rules
Option 2 Promising she'll definitely come next time
nsubj nsubj aux advmod amod obl:unmarked root Promising VERB she PRON 'll AUX definitely ADV come VERB next ADJ time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Promising promise VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 come nsubj 2 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 come nsubj 3 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 come aux 4 definitely definitely ADV _ 5 come advmod 5 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 7 time amod 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing 5 come obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 promise speech: promise gerund vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 come future time definitely property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Telling him to cheer up and play a game
iobj mark xcomp compound:prt cc conj det obj root Telling VERB him PRON to PART cheer VERB up ADP and CCONJ play VERB a DET game NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Telling tell VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Telling iobj 3 to to PART _ 4 cheer mark 4 cheer cheer VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Telling xcomp 5 up up ADP _ 4 cheer compound:prt 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 play cc 7 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 cheer conj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 game det 9 game game NOUN Number=Sing 7 play obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert gerund him = he vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic 2 cheer up not said to happen to-infinitive vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 play infinitive a game vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme
Option 4 Saying his mum doesn't care about him
csubj nmod:poss obj aux advmod case obl root Saying VERB his PRON mum NOUN does AUX n't PART care VERB about ADP him PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 care csubj 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 mum nmod:poss 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 1 Saying obj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 care aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 care advmod 6 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 about about ADP _ 8 him case 8 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 care obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund his mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic 2 not care present · do-support Saying about him = he vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about he=Stimulus
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous Living in a children's home, test 6next → Living in a children's home, test 8↑ back to Living in a children's home This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/520-living-in-a-childrens-home/t7/