Test 11 · ★ · Foster care

Josiah's friend: «mama J?? she's not ur real mom, that's sus». What would Josiah most likely say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: J, that, Josiah · What happens: not be, be, say · To what, where: real mom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 521 «Foster care» 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: Josiah's friend: «mama J?? she's not ur real mom, that's sus».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josiah	Josiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Josiah	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 J	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 J	punct
6	mama	mama	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 J	compound
7	J	J	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	conj
8	??	??	PUNCT	_	14 mom	punct
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 mom	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mom	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 mom	advmod
12	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mom	nmod:poss
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mom	amod
14	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 friend	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sus	punct
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 sus	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sus	cop
18	sus	suspect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 mom	appos
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 sus	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 friend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a in a quote	present	J	ur's real mom					tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	that					suspect 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.

Sentence 2: What would Josiah most likely say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	Josiah	Josiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	Josiah					likely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

You're right, I'll stop calling her that from today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 stop	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
8	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stop	xcomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 calling	obj
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 calling	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 today	case
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			right property	tree rules
2	stop	future	I				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	call	gerund	I not said here	her = she	today		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme that=Result

Option 2

I'm not allowed to talk about my families at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 talk	mark
6	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 allowed	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 families	case
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 families	nmod:poss
9	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talk	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 school	case
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		I					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here			school		about my families	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about family=Topic

Option 3

My birth mom is fake, so I'll only love Mama J now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mom	nmod:poss
2	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mom	compound
3	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fake	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fake	cop
5	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 love	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 love	advmod
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 love	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 love	aux
10	only	only	ADV	_	11 love	advmod
11	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 fake	conj
12	Mama	Mama	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 love	obj
13	J	J	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Mama	flat
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 love	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My birth mom					fake property	tree rules
2	love	future	I	Mama			now		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mama=Stimulus

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

She's real; she looks after me, and I love my birth mom too

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 real	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	cop
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 looks	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	parataxis
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 looks	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 love	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 love	cc
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 love	nsubj
12	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 real	parataxis
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mom	nmod:poss
14	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mom	compound
15	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 love	obj
16	too	too	ADV	_	12 love	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			real property	tree rules
2	look	present	she		after me		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	love	present	I	my birth mom			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mom=Stimulus

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