Test 19 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

the old man at the corner shop forgot his own grandson's name n the kids are saying he's gone mad

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man, kids, man, own grandson · What happens: forget, say, be, name · To what, where: name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgot	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 shop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
6	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shop	compound
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	nmod
8	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 grandson	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grandson	amod
11	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 name	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 grandson	case
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgot	obj
14	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	18 saying	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kids	det
16	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 saying	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 saying	aux
18	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 forgot	conj
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 mad	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 mad	cop
21	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 mad	amod
22	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 saying	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forget	past	the old man at the corner shop	man's own grandson's name		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present · progressive	the kids			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	man		mad property	tree rules
4	name		man's own grandson			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He has gone mad, so the kids are right to say it and laugh at him about it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gone	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gone	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 right	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 right	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kids	det
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 right	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 right	cop
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gone	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 say	mark
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 right	csubj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 say	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 laugh	cc
15	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 say	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laugh	obl
18	about	about	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	He		mad property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the kids		right property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	laugh	infinitive			at him = he; about it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is funny, so everyone should hear about it

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 funny	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 funny	cop
3	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hear	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 hear	advmod
6	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 hear	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 funny	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					funny property	tree rules
2	hear	should	everyone					about it	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus

Option 3

He must not love his grandson any more, otherwise he would remember his name easily

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 love	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 love	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 love	advmod
4	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandson	nmod:poss
6	grandson	grandson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 love	obj
7	any	any	ADV	_	8 more	advmod
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 love	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 remember	punct
10	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	13 remember	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 remember	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 remember	aux
13	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 love	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 name	nmod:poss
15	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remember	obj
16	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 remember	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not love	must	He	his grandson		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandson=Stimulus
2	remember	would	he	his name	easily, otherwise property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme
3	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Do not laugh or spread it; memory illnesses like dementia are illnesses, and he still loves his family

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 laugh	advmod
3	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 spread	cc
5	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spread	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 illnesses	punct
8	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 illnesses	compound
9	illnesses	illness	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 illnesses	nsubj
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 dementia	case
11	dementia	dementia	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 illnesses	nmod
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 illnesses	cop
13	illnesses	illness	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 laugh	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 loves	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 loves	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 loves	nsubj
17	still	still	ADV	_	18 loves	advmod
18	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laugh	parataxis
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 family	nmod:poss
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 loves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	not laugh	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	spread	infinitive	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
3	is a	present	memory illnesses like dementia	illnesses		tree rules
4	love	present	he	his family	still	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

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