Test 21 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

kids saying Ella's "got two dads now" cos her mum remarried, n laughing

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, mum · What happens: say, get, remarry, laugh · To what, where: Ella, two dads · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 21 · ★ 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	nsubj
2	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 kids	acl
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 saying	obj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ella	case
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Ella	punct
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 dads	nummod
8	dads	dad	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 got	advmod
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	14 remarried	mark
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 remarried	nsubj
14	remarried	remarry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 laughing	punct
16	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	17 laughing	cc
17	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 got	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	kids not said here	Ella		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ella=Topic
2	get in a quote	past	kids	two dads	now	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus
3	remarry	past	Ella's mum			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	laugh	gerund	kids not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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

It means Ella's dad is a twin, so now there are two of him living in her house

The tree, 19 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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dad	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ella	case
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 twin	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 twin	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 twin	det
8	twin	twin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 are	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 are	advmod
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 are	advmod
12	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 are	expl
13	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	parataxis
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 are	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 two	nmod
17	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 are	advcl
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 house	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 house	nmod:poss
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 living	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Ella's dad	a twin			tree rules
3	be	present	two of Ella		there	now	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	live	gerund	two of Ella not said here		her house		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 2

It means Ella's family is bad and broken, so kids should stay away from her

The tree, 16 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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 family	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Ella	case
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bad	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bad	cop
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 broken	cc
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bad	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stay	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 stay	advmod
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 stay	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 stay	aux
14	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	conj
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 stay	advmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Ella's family	bad property	tree rules
3	break	participle	Ella's family not said here		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	stay away	should	kids	from Ella; away property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It is funny, so laugh too

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	_	6 laugh	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 laugh	advmod
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 funny	conj
7	too	too	ADV	_	6 laugh	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					funny property	tree rules
2	laugh	infinitive							vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ella has a dad and a stepdad; that is a normal family, so do not laugh and stand by Ella

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stepdad	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stepdad	det
7	stepdad	stepdad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dad	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 family	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 family	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 family	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 family	det
12	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 family	amod
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 laugh	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 laugh	advmod
16	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 laugh	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 laugh	advmod
18	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 stand	cc
20	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 laugh	conj
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 Ella	case
22	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 stand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	Ella	a dad and a stepdad		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Patient
2	is a	present	that	a normal family		tree rules
3	not laugh	infinitive · do-support				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	stand	infinitive			by Ella	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by ella=Location

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