Test 21 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings

lonely since Dad moved out, mum says they "need some time apart"

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, lonely mum, they · What happens: move out, say, need · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 of lesson 94 «Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings» 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	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mum	amod
2	since	since	SCONJ	_	4 moved	mark
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 lonely	advcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 moved	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 lonely	punct
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 need	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 need	punct
11	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 says	ccomp
12	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 time	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 need	obj
14	apart	apart	ADV	_	13 time	advmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	move out	past	Dad		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	lonely mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	need in a quote	present	they	time	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

Dad moved out because of something you did, so you need to be extra good to make him come home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 moved	compound:prt
4	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 something	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	4 because	fixed
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 moved	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 something	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 need	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 need	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 need	nsubj
12	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 moved	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	16 good	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 good	cop
15	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 good	amod
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 need	xcomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 make	mark
18	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 good	csubj
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 make	obj
20	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 make	xcomp
21	home	home	ADV	_	20 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	move out	past	Dad		because something	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	need	present	you			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		good property	tree rules
5	make	to-infinitive		Dad		tree rules
6	come	infinitive	Dad not said here		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Your parents are living apart for a while to sort things out; it is not your fault, so tell a trusted adult how you feel

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 living	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 living	aux
4	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 fault	csubj
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 living	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 while	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 while	det
8	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 living	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sort	mark
10	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 living	advcl
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sort	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 sort	compound:prt
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 fault	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 fault	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 fault	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 fault	advmod
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 fault	nmod:poss
18	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 tell	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 tell	advmod
21	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 fault	parataxis
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 adult	det
23	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 adult	amod
24	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 tell	obj
25	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	27 feel	advmod
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	27 feel	nsubj
27	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	live	present · progressive	Your parents			while	apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sort out	to-infinitive	Your parents not said here	things				vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	not is a	present	it	your fault				tree rules
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a trusted adult			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
5	trust	participle						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6	feel	present	you					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

It means Dad has just gone on a long holiday on his own, and he will be back very soon

The tree, 20 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	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 gone	advmod
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 holiday	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 holiday	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 holiday	amod
10	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 back	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 back	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 back	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 back	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 back	cop
19	back	back	ADV	_	2 means	parataxis
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 soon	advmod
21	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 back	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present · perfect	Dad	a long holiday	on Dad's own	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location
3	is	future	Dad		back, soon property	tree rules

Option 4

Keep it secret and be alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 alone	cc
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 alone	cop
6	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it				secret property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	infinitive	you not said here					alone property	tree rules

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