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Test 1 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

A girl in Edinburgh feels her parents split up because she argued with her brother so much. What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, parents · What happens: feel, split up, argue, be

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 96 «Grandparents, divorce and step-families» 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 Edinburgh feels her parents split up because she argued with her brother so much.

detnsubjcasenmodnmod:possnsubjccompcompound:prtmarknsubjadvclcasenmod:possobladvmodadvmodpunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPEdinburghPROPNfeelsVERBherPRONparentsNOUNsplitVERBupADPbecauseSCONJshePRONarguedVERBwithADPherPRONbrotherNOUNsoADVmuchADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 feelsnsubj
3ininADP_4 Edinburghcase
4EdinburghEdinburghPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 parentsnmod:poss
7parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur8 splitnsubj
8splitsplitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 feelsccomp
9upupADP_8 splitcompound:prt
10becausebecauseSCONJ_12 arguedmark
11sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 arguednsubj
12arguedargueVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 splitadvcl
13withwithADP_15 brothercase
14herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 brothernmod:poss
15brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing12 arguedobl
16sosoADV_17 muchadvmod
17muchmuchADV_12 arguedadvmod
18..PUNCT_5 feelspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1feelpresenta girl in Edinburghvn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2split uppastgirl's parentsvn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3argue speech: disagreepastgirlwith girl's brothervn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with brother=Co-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.

Sentence 2: What is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Her brother caused it, not her

nmod:possnsubjobjpunctadvmodconjrootHerPRONbrotherNOUNcausedVERBitPRON,PUNCTnotPARTherPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 brothernmod:poss
2brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing3 causednsubj
3causedcauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 causedobj
5,,PUNCT_7 herpunct
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg7 heradvmod
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 causedconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1causepastHer brotheritvn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient

Option 2

If she is good from now on, they will surely get back together

marknsubjcopadvclcaseadvmodoblpunctnsubjauxadvmodadvmodadvmodrootIfSCONJshePRONisAUXgoodADJfromADPnowADVonADV,PUNCTtheyPRONwillAUXsurelyADVgetVERBbackADVtogetherADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_4 goodmark
2sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 goodnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 goodcop
4goodgoodADJDegree=Pos12 getadvcl
5fromfromADP_7 oncase
6nownowADVPronType=Dem7 onadvmod
7ononADV_4 goodobl
8,,PUNCT_4 goodpunct
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 getnsubj
10willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin12 getaux
11surelysurelyADV_12 getadvmod
12getgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
13backbackADV_12 getadvmod
14togethertogetherADV_12 getadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a condition, not said to happenpresentshegood propertytree rules
2get backfuturetheysurely, together propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Divorce is about the grown-ups, never the children

compoundcopcasedetamodpunctpunctadvmoddetconjrootDivorceNOUNisAUXaboutADPtheDETgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUN,PUNCTneverADVtheDETchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DivorcedivorceNOUNNumber=Sing7 upscompound
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 upscop
3aboutaboutADP_7 upscase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 upsdet
5growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 upsamod
6--PUNCT_5 grownpunct
7upsupNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
8,,PUNCT_11 childrenpunct
9neverneverADVPronType=Neg11 childrenadvmod
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 childrendet
11childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur7 upsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2ispresentabout the Divorce grown ups and the childrentree rules

Option 4

Her arguing caused it, so she must stop

nmod:possnsubjobjpunctadvmodnsubjauxparataxisrootHerPRONarguingNOUNcausedVERBitPRON,PUNCTsoADVshePRONmustAUXstopVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 arguingnmod:poss
2arguingarguingNOUN_3 causednsubj
3causedcauseVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 causedobj
5,,PUNCT_9 stoppunct
6sosoADV_9 stopadvmod
7sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 stopnsubj
8mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin9 stopaux
9stopstopVERBVerbForm=Inf3 causedparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1causepastHer arguingitvn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition it=Patient
2stopmustarguingvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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