Test 3 · ★★ · «Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes

«she's in care cos her mum didn't want her, everyone says». What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, mum, everyone · What happens: be, not want, say · To what, where: care, her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 524 ««Where's your dad?»: questions and cruel jokes» 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: «she's in care cos her mum didn't want her, everyone says».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 care	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 care	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 care	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 care	case
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 says	ccomp
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 want	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 want	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 want	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 want	advmod
11	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 says	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 want	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 want	punct
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	she		care	tree rules
2	not want in a quote	past · do-support	her mum	her = she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	everyone			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Children go into care when parents can't cope or keep them safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 care	case
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 cope	advmod
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cope	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 cope	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cope	advmod
9	cope	cope	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 go	advcl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 keep	cc
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cope	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	Children		care		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into care=Initial_Location
2	not cope	can	parents				vn cope-83-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	infinitive	parents not said here	parents = parent		safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

It's true if lots of people at school are saying the same thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 saying	mark
5	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 saying	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lots	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 people	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 saying	aux
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 true	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 thing	det
13	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 thing	amod
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	lots of people at school	the same thing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

Option 3

Children go into care because they were too naughty at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 care	case
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 naughty	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 naughty	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 naughty	cop
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 naughty	advmod
9	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 go	advcl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 naughty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Children			care			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into care=Initial_Location
2	is	past	Children = child			home		naughty property	tree rules

Option 4

It's true, because that is the only reason children go into care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 reason	mark
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 reason	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 true	conj
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 go	nsubj
12	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	acl:relcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 care	case
14	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			true property	tree rules
2	is a	present	that	the only reason			tree rules
3	go	present	children	the only reason not said here	care		tree rules

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