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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».

punctpunctmarknsubjadvclnsubjauxparataxisobjadvmodpunctadvmodnsubjauxparataxiscompound:prtpunctpunctrootCormacPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTifSCONJIPRONtellVERBtheyPRON'llAUXmoveVERBmePRONagainADV,PUNCTsoADVIPRON'llAUXshutVERBupADP»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CormacCormacPROPNNumber=Singrootroot
2::PUNCT_9 movepunct
3««PUNCT_9 movepunct
4ififSCONJ_6 tellmark
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 tellnsubj
6telltellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 moveadvcl
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs9 movensubj
8'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin9 moveaux
9movemoveVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Cormacparataxis
10meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 moveobj
11againagainADV_9 moveadvmod
12,,PUNCT_16 shutpunct
13sosoADV_16 shutadvmod
14IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs16 shutnsubj
15'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin16 shutaux
16shutshutVERBVerbForm=Inf9 moveparataxis
17upupADP_16 shutcompound:prt
18»»PUNCT_16 shutpunct
19..PUNCT_1 Cormacpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assert a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentIvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2move in a quotefuturetheymeagainvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme i=Result
3shut up in a quotefutureIvn 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?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETrightADJthingNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 thingdet
4rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 thingamod
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe right thingtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Stay quiet, because being moved is always worse

xcomppunctmarkaux:passparataxiscopadvmodparataxisrootStayVERBquietADJ,PUNCTbecauseSCONJbeingAUXmovedVERBisAUXalwaysADVworseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1StaystayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2quietquietADJDegree=Pos1 Stayxcomp
3,,PUNCT_6 movedpunct
4becausebecauseSCONJ_6 movedmark
5beingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 movedaux:pass
6movedmoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Stayparataxis
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 worsecop
8alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot9 worseadvmod
9worsebadADJDegree=Cmp1 Stayparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stayimperativeyou not said herequiet propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2movegerund · passivevn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»
3ispresentalways, bad propertytree rules

Option 2

Try to be so good the carers stop shouting

markcopadvmodccompdetnsubjparataxisxcomprootTryVERBtoPARTbeAUXsoADVgoodADJtheDETcarersNOUNstopVERBshoutingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TrytryVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2totoPART_5 goodmark
3bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 goodcop
4sosoADV_5 goodadvmod
5goodgoodADJDegree=Pos1 Tryccomp
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 carersdet
7carerscarerNOUNNumber=Plur8 stopnsubj
8stopstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 goodparataxis
9shoutingshoutVERBVerbForm=Ger8 stopxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tryimperativeyou not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2is not said to happento-infinitiveyou not said heregood propertytree rules
3stoppresentthe carersvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4shout speech: expressgerundthe carers not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tell anyway; every child has the right to be safe

advmodpunctdetnsubjparataxisdetobjmarkcopaclrootTellVERBanywayADV;PUNCTeveryDETchildNOUNhasVERBtheDETrightNOUNtoPARTbeAUXsafeADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2anywayanywayADV_1 Telladvmod
3;;PUNCT_6 haspunct
4everyeveryDETPronType=Tot5 childdet
5childchildNOUNNumber=Sing6 hasnsubj
6hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Tellparataxis
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 rightdet
8rightrightNOUNNumber=Sing6 hasobj
9totoPART_11 safemark
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf11 safecop
11safesafeADJDegree=Pos8 rightacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said hereanyway propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2havepresentevery childthe rightvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
3isto-infinitiveevery child not said herethe right not said heresafe propertytree rules

Option 4

Wait until he's grown up, then tell someone

marknsubjaux:passadvclcompound:prtpunctadvmodconjiobjrootWaitVERBuntilSCONJhePRON'sAUXgrownVERBupADP,PUNCTthenADVtellVERBsomeonePRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitwaitVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
2untiluntilSCONJ_5 grownmark
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 grownnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 grownaux:pass
5growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass1 Waitadvcl
6upupADP_5 growncompound:prt
7,,PUNCT_9 tellpunct
8thenthenADVPronType=Dem9 telladvmod
9telltellVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Waitconj
10someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind9 telliobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitimperativeyou not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2grow uppresent · passivehevn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3tell speech: assertinfinitiveyou not said heresomeonethenvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient

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