Test 2 · ★ · Foster care
Cormac: «if I tell they'll move me again, so I'll shut up». What is the right thing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, they, right thing · What happens: tell, move, shut up, be · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Cormac: «if I tell they'll move me again, so I'll shut up».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cormac | Cormac | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 move | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 move | punct |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 tell | mark |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 tell | nsubj |
| 6 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 move | advcl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 move | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 move | aux |
| 9 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Cormac | parataxis |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 move | obj |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 move | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 shut | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 shut | advmod |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 shut | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 shut | aux |
| 16 | shut | shut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 move | parataxis |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 shut | compound:prt |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 shut | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cormac | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | I | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | move in a quote | future | they | me | again | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme i=Result | |||
| 3 | shut up in a quote | future | I | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 is the right thing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | 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 right thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stay quiet, because being moved is always worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stay | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 moved | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 moved | mark |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 moved | aux:pass |
| 6 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stay | parataxis |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 worse | cop |
| 8 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 9 worse | advmod |
| 9 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Stay | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | move | gerund · passive | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V» | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | always, bad property | tree rules |
Option 2
Try to be so good the carers stop shouting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 good | mark |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 good | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 good | advmod |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Try | ccomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 carers | det |
| 7 | carers | carer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 good | parataxis |
| 9 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | present | the carers | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | shout speech: express | gerund | the carers not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell anyway; every child has the right to be safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 child | det |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 right | det |
| 8 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 safe | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 safe | cop |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 right | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | anyway property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | have | present | every child | the right | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive | every child not said here | the right not said here | safe property | tree rules |
Option 4
Wait until he's grown up, then tell someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 grown | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 grown | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grown | aux:pass |
| 5 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 grown | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 tell | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 tell | advmod |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 10 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 tell | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | grow up | present · passive | he | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | someone | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
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