Test 22 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents

Olly says his big sis "is expecting" n kids are laughing

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Olly, big sis, n kids · What happens: say, expect, laugh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 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	Olly	Olly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sis	nmod:poss
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sis	amod
5	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 expecting	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sis	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 expecting	aux
8	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 laughing	punct
10	n	n	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kids	amod
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 laughing	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 laughing	aux
13	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 expecting	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Olly	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	expect in a quote	present · progressive	Olly's big sis	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	laugh	present · progressive	n kids	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer

His sister is going to have a baby; that is her private news, so be kind and do not laugh

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 going	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 news	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 news	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 news	cop
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 news	nmod:poss
13	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 news	amod
14	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 have	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 kind	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 kind	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 kind	cop
18	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 going	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 laugh	cc
20	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	22 laugh	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 laugh	advmod
22	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 kind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	His sister			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	to-infinitive	His sister not said here	a baby		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient
3	is a	present	that	sister's private news		tree rules
4	is	infinitive			kind property	tree rules
5	not laugh	infinitive · do-support				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It means she did something really wrong and is waiting to be punished for it

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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 did	obj
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 wrong	advmod
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 waiting	cc
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 waiting	aux
10	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	13 punished	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 punished	aux:pass
13	punished	punish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 waiting	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 punished	obl

#	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	do	past	she	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	wait	present · progressive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	punish	to-infinitive · passive			for it	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for it=Theme

Option 3

It means she is ill

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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ill	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ill	cop
5	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	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	she					ill property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It means she is waiting for a bus, so the kids are laughing at nothing 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waiting	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 waiting	aux
5	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bus	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 laughing	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 laughing	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kids	det
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 laughing	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 laughing	aux
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 nothing	case
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 laughing	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 all	case
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wait	present · progressive	she		for a bus	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	laugh	present · progressive	the kids	nothing	at all	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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