Test 6 · A new baby, looking after siblings and living with parents
A girl in Belfast looks after her mum, who is often ill, and is missing school. What should happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, mum · What happens: look, be, happen · To what, where: missing school
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: A girl in Belfast looks after her mum, who is often ill, and is missing school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Belfast | case |
| 4 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 mum | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mum | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ill | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 ill | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 ill | cop |
| 12 | often | often | ADV | _ | 13 ill | advmod |
| 13 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mum | acl:relcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 school | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 school | cc |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 school | cop |
| 17 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 school | amod |
| 18 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | a girl in Belfast | after girl's mum | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | girl's mum | ill, often property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | missing school | 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.
Sentence 2: What should happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She should keep going alone because it is her job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 going | advmod |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 job | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 job | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 job | cop |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 job | nmod:poss |
| 10 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 going | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | She not said here | alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | her job | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Another trusted adult should know, so she gets help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 adult | det |
| 2 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 adult | amod |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 know | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gets | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 gets | nsubj |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | conj |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | know | should | another trusted adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | get | present | adult | help | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |
Option 3
She should stop telling teachers why she is absent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | telling | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 teachers | amod |
| 5 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stop | obj |
| 6 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 absent | advmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 absent | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 absent | cop |
| 9 | absent | absent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | should | She | telling teachers | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector teacher=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | gerund | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | she | absent property | tree rules |
Option 4
She should leave school to care for her mum full time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 leave | aux |
| 3 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 leave | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 care | mark |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 leave | advcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mum | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 time | nsubj |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | should | She | school | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme | ||||
| 2 | care | to-infinitive | She not said here | time | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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