Test 18 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

my auntie says if u hold a baby wrong its head literally falls off lol

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: auntie, u, head · What happens: say, hold, fall off · To what, where: baby · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 95 «A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 auntie	nmod:poss
2	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 hold	mark
5	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hold	nsubj
6	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 falls	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hold	obj
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 baby	amod
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 falls	nsubj
12	literally	literally	ADV	_	13 falls	advmod
13	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 falls	compound:prt
15	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 falls	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my auntie			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hold a condition, not said to happen	present	u	a baby		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
3	fall off	present	auntie's head		literally property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 is a joke, so you can hold a baby any way

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hold	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 hold	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 hold	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hold	aux
9	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 joke	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 baby	det
11	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hold	obj
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hold	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a joke					tree rules
2	hold	can	you	a baby				any way obl:unmarked	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

Option 2

It is true, that is why babies wear hats

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	is	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	_	7 why	punct
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 why	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 why	cop
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 true	parataxis
8	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wear	nsubj
9	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 why	advcl:relcl
10	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		true property	tree rules
2	is	present	that		why property	tree rules
3	wear	present	babies	hats		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Option 3

Babies' heads are very strong from birth, so there is no need to support them at all

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 heads	nmod:poss
2	'	's	PART	_	1 Babies	case
3	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 strong	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strong	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 strong	advmod
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 birth	case
8	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strong	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 is	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 is	advmod
11	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	12 is	expl
12	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strong	conj
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 need	det
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 is	nsubj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 support	mark
16	support	support	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 need	acl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 support	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 support	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Babies's heads		birth	strong property	tree rules
2	be	present	no need		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	support	to-infinitive	no need not said here	heads = head	all		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, but a baby's neck is weak, so sit down, ask an adult and support its head

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 weak	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 weak	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 weak	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 baby	det
5	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 neck	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 baby	case
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 weak	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 weak	cop
9	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sit	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 sit	advmod
12	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 weak	parataxis
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 sit	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ask	punct
15	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 sit	conj
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 adult	det
17	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 ask	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 support	cc
19	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 sit	conj
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 head	nmod:poss
21	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 support	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	a baby's neck			weak property	tree rules
2	sit down	infinitive					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive			a adult		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
4	support	infinitive		neck's head			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus

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