Test 7 · Frustration, loneliness, guilt and living with siblings
A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month. Which helps most?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: work, help
This is test 7 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
Sentence 1: A girl's mum is working on an oil rig for a month.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 girl | case |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 working | aux |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 rig | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rig | det |
| 9 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rig | compound |
| 10 | rig | rig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 month | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 month | det |
| 13 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 working | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 working | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · progressive | a girl's mum | month | on a oil rig | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on rig=Theme |
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: Which helps most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 helps | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Not mentioning her mum so nobody gets sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 mentioning | advmod |
| 2 | mentioning | mention | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 gets | advcl |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 mum | nmod:poss |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mentioning | obj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 gets | advmod |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 gets | nsubj |
| 7 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mention speech: other | gerund | nobody not said here | her mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | present | nobody | sad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Pretending her mum is just at the shops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 shops | csubj |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pretending | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shops | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 shops | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 shops | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shops | det |
| 8 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | her mum | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Pretending | the shops | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Video calls and a calendar counting down the days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | compound |
| 2 | calls | call | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 calendar | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 calendar | det |
| 5 | calendar | calendar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | conj |
| 6 | counting | count | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 calls | acl |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 days | det |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 counting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | Video calls and a calendar not said here | day | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Staying angry with everyone at home until her mum comes home again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Staying | xcomp |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Staying | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 comes | mark |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 comes | nsubj |
| 10 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Staying | advcl |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 comes | advmod |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 comes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | home | with everyone; angry property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ||||
| 2 | come | present | her mum | again | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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