Test 18 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

my cousin says step-mums are always evil, like in the films, n mine's gonna be the same

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, step mums, gonna · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mums	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 step	punct
6	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 evil	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 evil	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 evil	advmod
9	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 films	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 films	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 films	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 films	det
14	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 evil	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 same	punct
16	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	22 same	cc
17	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gonna	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 mine	case
19	gonna	gonna	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 same	nsubj
20	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	22 same	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 same	det
22	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	step mums	like the films; always, evil property	tree rules
3	is	infinitive	mine gonna	same 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 · ✓ the right answer

Films are made up; getting close to a step-parent takes time, so be polite and patient

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 takes	punct
6	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 takes	csubj
7	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 getting	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 parent	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 parent	det
10	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 parent	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 step	punct
12	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 getting	obl
13	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	parataxis
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 takes	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 polite	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 polite	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 polite	cop
18	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 patient	cc
20	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 polite	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	make up	present · passive		Films			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot
2	get	gerund				to a step parent result; close property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to parent=Result
3	take	present	getting		time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	infinitive				polite property	tree rules
5	be						tree rules

Option 2

It is true, every step-mum is wicked like in the films, so keep away from her

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wicked	punct
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 mum	det
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mum	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 step	punct
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wicked	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wicked	cop
10	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	14 films	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 films	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 films	det
14	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wicked	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 keep	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	17 keep	advmod
17	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 true	parataxis
18	away	away	ADV	_	17 keep	advmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	true property	tree rules
2	is	present	every step mum	like the films; wicked property	tree rules
3	keep away	infinitive		from her = she; away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from she=Eventuality

Option 3

It is true unless she buys you presents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 buys	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 buys	nsubj
6	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	advcl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 buys	obj
8	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 buys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	buy a condition, not said to happen	present	she	presents	you				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary present=Theme

Option 4

It is true, so be rude to her first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rude	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 rude	advmod
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 true	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rude	obl
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 rude	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					true property	tree rules
2	is	infinitive			her = she			first, rude property	tree rules

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