Test 2 · Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt
Kerry-Ann notices Nana is out of breath on the stairs every night. What's the wise move?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kerry, Nana, wise move · What happens: notice, be · To what, where: breath · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 523 «Kinship care: living with Gran or an aunt» 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: Kerry-Ann notices Nana is out of breath on the stairs every night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerry | Kerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 notices | nsubj |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kerry | punct |
| 3 | Ann | Ann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kerry | flat |
| 4 | notices | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Nana | Nana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 breath | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 breath | cop |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 breath | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 breath | case |
| 9 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 notices | ccomp |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 stairs | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 stairs | det |
| 12 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 breath | nmod |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 night | det |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 notices | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 notices | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | present | Kerry | night | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Nana | breath | on the stairs | 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's the wise move?
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 move | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | 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 move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Hide it so nobody takes her away from Nana
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 5 takes | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 takes | nsubj |
| 5 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 takes | obj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 takes | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 Nana | case |
| 9 | Nana | Nana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | take | present | nobody | her = she | away property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Make Nana run in the parents' race next year to get fit again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Nana | Nana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 race | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parents | det |
| 6 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 race | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 6 parents | case |
| 8 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 year | amod |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 get | mark |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | advcl |
| 13 | fit | fit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 get | xcomp |
| 14 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | Nana | year | tree rules | |||
| 2 | run | infinitive | Nana not said here | the parents's race | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in race=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | again | fit property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 4 | race | the parents | nom race «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Say nothing, as nans never get ill at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Say | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 5 | nans | nan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 8 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 ill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not get | present | nans | ill property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Help more, and tell a trusted adult she's worried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Help | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Help | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 adult | det |
| 7 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 adult | amod |
| 8 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tell | obj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 worried | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 worried | cop |
| 11 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tell | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | imperative | you not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a trusted adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | is | present | adult | worried property | tree rules |
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