Test 20 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

overheard dad: "your mum n me have some news" n now they smiling all the time

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: overhear, smile · To what, where: dad

This is test 20 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	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 smiling	advcl
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 overheard	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 overheard	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	nsubj
7	n	n	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 smiling	aux
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 news	det
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
13	n	n	ADV	_	16 smiling	advmod
14	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 smiling	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 smiling	nsubj
16	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 time	det:predet
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 smiling	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	past	they not said here	dad					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus
2	smile	present	they				now; time		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 · ← Mova's choice

It means you are moving school and they are trying to make it sound nice

The tree, 15 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	5 moving	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moving	aux
5	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moving	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 trying	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 trying	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 trying	aux
10	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 moving	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 make	mark
12	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 trying	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 make	obj
14	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 make	xcomp
15	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sound	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	move	present · progressive	you	school		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme
3	try	present · progressive	they			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	school		tree rules
5	sound not said to happen	infinitive	school not said here		nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

It means they are secretly angry with you and are hiding it behind smiles

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	6 angry	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 angry	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hiding	cc
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 hiding	aux
11	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hiding	obj
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 smiles	case
14	smiles	smile	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	they			with you; angry, secretly property	tree rules
3	hide	present · progressive		it	smiles		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient behind smile=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Maybe they are expecting a baby or have happy news; wait for them to tell you

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	4 expecting	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 expecting	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expecting	aux
4	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expecting	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 have	cc
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expecting	conj
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 news	amod
10	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 wait	punct
12	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 expecting	parataxis
13	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 tell	mark
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tell	nsubj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 tell	mark
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wait	conj
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	expect	present · progressive	they	a baby		maybe property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
2	have	present	they not said here	happy news			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Patient
3	wait	infinitive					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	them = they		you		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

Option 4

Tell everyone it's a baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 baby	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 baby	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient
2	is a	present	it	a baby					tree rules

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