Test 19 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

everyone says Kai's parents scream at each other every night n it's cos he's so naughty

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, parents, it · What happens: say, scream, be · To what, where: each · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 parents	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Kai	case
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scream	nsubj
6	scream	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	6 scream	obl
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scream	obl:unmarked
12	n	n	SCONJ	_	19 naughty	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 naughty	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 naughty	cop
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	19 naughty	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 naughty	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 naughty	aux
18	so	so	ADV	_	19 naughty	advmod
19	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scream	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	everyone				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	scream speech: express	present	Kai's parents	each	night		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at each=Location
3	is	present	it			naughty property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It must be true, naughty kids are always the reason why their parents argue

The tree, 14 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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reason	punct
6	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kids	amod
7	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reason	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 reason	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 reason	det
11	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 true	conj
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 argue	advmod
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 parents	nmod:poss
14	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 argue	nsubj
15	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 reason	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	must	It		true property	tree rules
2	is a	present	naughty kids	the reason	always property	tree rules
3	argue speech: disagree	present	kids's parents			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Do not spread it; when parents argue it is never the child's fault

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 spread	punct
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 argue	mark
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 argue	nsubj
8	argue	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fault	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fault	cop
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 fault	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fault	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 child	case
15	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 argue	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	argue speech: disagree	present	parents		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a	present	it	the child's fault	tree rules

Option 3

Spread it so Kai learns to behave better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 learns	mark
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 learns	nsubj
5	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 behave	mark
7	behave	behave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 learns	xcomp
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 behave	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	learn	present	Kai			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	behave	to-infinitive	Kai not said here		good property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ask Kai about it in front of the class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 front	case
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Kai	front of the class		about it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent kai=Recipient about it=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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