Test 12 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

dad wants me to tell mum shes late with the money again

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, me · What happens: want, tell · To what, where: me, mum shes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ 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	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 wants	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 tell	mark
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shes	compound
7	shes	she	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 tell	obj
8	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 tell	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 money	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 money	det
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl
12	again	again	ADV	_	5 tell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	dad	me					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	me not said here	mum shes			again	with the money; late property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Carrying messages between parents is not your job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 job	csubj
2	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obj
3	between	between	ADP	_	4 parents	case
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carrying	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 job	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 job	advmod
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 job	nmod:poss
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund		messages				between parents	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
2	not is a	present	Carrying	your job					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, but write it down for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 write	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 write	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 write	cc
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	4 write	compound:prt
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	imperative	you not said here	it				for her = she	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Result for she=Beneficiary

Option 3

Yes, and add what you think about it too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 add	obj
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 add	obl
10	too	too	ADV	_	4 add	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here					about it	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
2	think speech: other	present	you						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, you must pass it on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 pass	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pass	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pass	aux
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pass	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	5 pass	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass on	must	you	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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