Test 21 · ★ · Feelings and calming down

mum n dad keep saying they're "going through a rough patch", i keep crying at night

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, i · What happens: keep, say, go, cry · To what, where: rough patch · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ of lesson 53 «Feelings and calming down» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
2	n	n	X	_	3 dad	compound
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mum	conj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 going	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 going	aux
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
9	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 saying	ccomp
10	through	through	ADP	_	13 patch	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 patch	det
12	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 patch	amod
13	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keep	punct
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 keep	nsubj
17	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	conj
18	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 keep	xcomp
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 night	case
20	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 crying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	keep	present	mum and n dad			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	gerund	mum and n dad not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go in a quote	present · progressive	mum	a rough patch		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through patch=Initial_Location
4	keep	present	i			tree rules
5	cry speech: express	gerund	i not said here		night	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1

It means you caused it, so be perfect from now on and they will be happy again

The tree, 17 words

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 caused	nsubj
4	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 caused	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 perfect	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 perfect	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 perfect	cop
9	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 on	case
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 on	advmod
12	on	on	ADV	_	9 perfect	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 happy	cc
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 happy	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 happy	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 happy	cop
17	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 perfect	conj
18	again	again	ADV	_	17 happy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cause	past	you	it			vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient
3	is	infinitive				perfect property	tree rules
4	is	future	they		again	happy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They are not getting on well; it is ok to feel sad, so tell them or a trusted adult

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 getting	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 getting	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 getting	advmod
4	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 getting	compound:prt
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 getting	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 ok	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 ok	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ok	cop
10	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 getting	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 feel	mark
12	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 ok	csubj
13	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feel	xcomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tell	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 tell	advmod
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 getting	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tell	iobj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 adult	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 adult	det
20	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 adult	amod
21	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 getting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	not get on	present · progressive	They		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	it		ok property	tree rules
3	feel	to-infinitive			sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	They not said here	them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient
5	trust	participle				vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It means the road outside is bumpy

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bumpy	nsubj
5	outside	outside	ADV	_	4 road	advmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bumpy	cop
7	bumpy	bumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the road					bumpy property	tree rules

Option 4

It means they will leave you, so hide your feelings

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 leave	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 leave	aux
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 leave	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hide	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 hide	advmod
9	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feelings	nmod:poss
11	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	future	they	you	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
3	hide	infinitive		your feelings	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

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