Test 11 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

mum n dad splitting up, is it cos i was bad

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: n dad, mum, i · What happens: split up, be · To what, where: it

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 it	nsubj
2	n	n	X	_	3 dad	compound
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 mum	conj
4	splitting	split	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 dad	acl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 splitting	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 mum	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 it	cop
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	12 bad	mark
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 bad	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bad	cop
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 it	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	split up	gerund	n dad not said here			vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	mum and n dad	it		tree rules
3	is	past	i		bad property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, children cause divorce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 cause	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cause	nsubj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	children	divorce					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition divorce=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, divorce is never the child's fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 fault	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fault	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fault	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 fault	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 child	det
7	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fault	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 child	case
9	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	divorce	the child's fault					tree rules

Option 3

Maybe, so try to be perfect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	4 try	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 try	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 try	advmod
4	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	7 perfect	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 perfect	cop
7	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 try	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here					maybe property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					perfect property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if you were naughty a lot of the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 naughty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 naughty	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 naughty	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 naughty	cop
6	naughty	naughty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 naughty	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 time	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	you					naughty property	tree rules

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