Test 12 · ★★★ · Friends who get it
«families with no mum and dad aren't proper families». Right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: families · What happens: not be · To what, where: proper families
This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 525 «Friends who get it» 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: «families with no mum and dad aren't proper families».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 families | punct |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 families | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 mum | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 mum | det |
| 5 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 families | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dad | cc |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mum | conj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 families | cop |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 families | advmod |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 families | amod |
| 11 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 families | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 families | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | families with no mum and dad | proper families | 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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, a family is the people who look after and love you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 people | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 people | det |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 look | nsubj |
| 9 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | acl:relcl |
| 10 | after | after | ADV | _ | 9 look | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 love | cc |
| 12 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 look | conj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a family | the people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | present | the people | after property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | love | present | the people not said here | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
No, but they become proper when the child grows up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 become | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 become | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 become | cc |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 become | nsubj |
| 5 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 5 become | advmod |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 grows | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 child | det |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grows | nsubj |
| 10 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 become | advcl |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 grows | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | they | properly property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grow up | present | the child | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, unless the court says otherwise in a letter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 says | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 6 says | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 court | det |
| 5 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 6 says | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 letter | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 letter | det |
| 10 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the court | a letter | otherwise property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in letter=Manner |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, a family needs exactly one mum and one dad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | nsubj |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 one | advmod |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 mum | nummod |
| 8 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dad | cc |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 dad | nummod |
| 11 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mum | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a family | one mum and one dad | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mum=Theme |
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