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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.

detnsubjcasenmodcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjcopadvmodacl:relclpunctcccopamodoblpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPBelfastPROPNlooksVERBafterADPherPRONmumNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONisAUXoftenADVillADJ,PUNCTandCCONJisAUXmissingADJschoolNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 looksnsubj
3ininADP_4 Belfastcase
4BelfastBelfastPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5lookslookVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6afterafterADP_8 mumcase
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 mumnmod:poss
8mummumNOUNNumber=Sing5 looksobl
9,,PUNCT_13 illpunct
10whowhoPRONPronType=Rel13 illnsubj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin13 illcop
12oftenoftenADV_13 illadvmod
13illillADJDegree=Pos8 mumacl:relcl
14,,PUNCT_18 schoolpunct
15andandCCONJ_18 schoolcc
16isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 schoolcop
17missingmissingADJDegree=Pos18 schoolamod
18schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing5 looksobl
19..PUNCT_5 lookspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookpresenta girl in Belfastafter girl's mumvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2ispresentgirl's mumill, often propertytree rules
3is apresentmissing schooltree 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?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenshouldvn 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

nsubjauxxcompadvmodmarknsubjcopnmod:possxcomprootShePRONshouldAUXkeepVERBgoingVERBaloneADVbecauseSCONJitPRONisAUXherPRONjobNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 keepnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 keepaux
3keepkeepVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4goinggoVERBVerbForm=Ger3 keepxcomp
5alonealoneADV_4 goingadvmod
6becausebecauseSCONJ_10 jobmark
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 jobnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 jobcop
9herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs10 jobnmod:poss
10jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing4 goingxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepshouldShetree rules
2gogerundShe not said herealone propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3is apresentither jobtree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Another trusted adult should know, so she gets help

detamodnsubjauxpunctadvmodnsubjconjobjrootAnotherDETtrustedVERBadultNOUNshouldAUXknowVERB,PUNCTsoADVshePRONgetsVERBhelpNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnotheranotherDETPronType=Ind3 adultdet
2trustedtrustVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 adultamod
3adultadultNOUNNumber=Sing5 knownsubj
4shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 knowaux
5knowknowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6,,PUNCT_9 getspunct
7sosoADV_9 getsadvmod
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 getsnsubj
9getsgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 knowconj
10helphelpNOUNNumber=Sing9 getsobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trustparticiplevn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2knowshouldanother trusted adultvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3getpresentadulthelpvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus

Option 3

She should stop telling teachers why she is absent

nsubjauxamodobjadvmodnsubjcopxcomprootShePRONshouldAUXstopVERBtellingVERBteachersNOUNwhyADVshePRONisAUXabsentADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 stopnsubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 stopaux
3stopstopVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4tellingtellVERBVerbForm=Ger5 teachersamod
5teachersteacherNOUNNumber=Plur3 stopobj
6whywhyADVPronType=Int9 absentadvmod
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 absentnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 absentcop
9absentabsentADJDegree=Pos3 stopxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1stopshouldShetelling teachersvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector teacher=Eventuality
2tell speech: assertgerundvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3ispresentsheabsent propertytree rules

Option 4

She should leave school to care for her mum full time

nsubjauxobjmarkadvclcasenmod:possnsubjamodoblrootShePRONshouldAUXleaveVERBschoolNOUNtoPARTcareVERBforADPherPRONmumNOUNfullADJtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 leavensubj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 leaveaux
3leaveleaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing3 leaveobj
5totoPART_6 caremark
6carecareVERBVerbForm=Inf3 leaveadvcl
7forforADP_11 timecase
8herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 mumnmod:poss
9mummumNOUNNumber=Sing11 timensubj
10fullfullADJDegree=Pos11 timeamod
11timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 careobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leaveshouldSheschoolvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme
2careto-infinitiveShe not said heretimevn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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