Test 21 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

Nan whispered "she had him very young, before she was married" bout my cousin

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Nan · What happens: whisper, have, marry · To what, where: married bout, him, Nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 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	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	nsubj
2	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 whispered	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 young	advmod
8	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 had	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 married	punct
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 married	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 married	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 married	aux:pass
13	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 bout	amod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 married	punct
15	bout	bout	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	obj
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 cousin	nmod:poss
17	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	Nan	married bout		tree rules
2	have in a quote	past	Nan	him = he	young property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	marry in a quote	past · passive		Nan		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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 means your cousin is still a little baby and not really grown up yet at all

The tree, 17 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	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cousin	nmod:poss
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 baby	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 baby	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	9 baby	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 baby	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 baby	amod
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 grown	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 grown	advmod
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 grown	advmod
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 baby	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 grown	compound:prt
15	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 grown	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	your cousin	a little baby		still	tree rules
3	not grow up	participle	your cousin not said here		all	yet	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

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

Your cousin's mum had him before she married; that is private family business, so do not spread it

The tree, 19 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cousin	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 married	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 married	nsubj
9	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 had	advcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 business	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 business	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 business	cop
13	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 business	amod
14	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 business	compound
15	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 spread	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 spread	advmod
18	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 spread	aux
19	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 spread	advmod
20	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 business	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	Your cousin's mum	him = he	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	marry	past	mum		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is a	present	that	private family business	tree rules
4	not spread	infinitive · do-support	that not said here	business	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 3

It means he is in trouble

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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trouble	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 trouble	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	he			trouble			tree rules

Option 4

Tell your cousin to his face what nan said, so that he knows the truth about it

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 face	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obl
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 said	obj
8	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 face	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knows	punct
11	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	14 knows	mark
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 so	fixed
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 knows	nsubj
14	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 truth	det
16	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 knows	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 truth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your cousin	his face		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cousin=Topic to face=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	nan	his face			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	know	present	nan	the truth		about truth	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer truth=Stimulus

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