Test 22 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

auntie said "they're only staying together for the kids" bout my cousin's parents

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: auntie, they · What happens: say, stay together · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 22 · ★ 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	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 staying	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 staying	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 staying	aux
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 staying	advmod
7	staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 said	ccomp
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 staying	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 kids	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kids	det
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 staying	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 kids	punct
13	bout	bout	ADP	_	17 parents	case
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cousin	nmod:poss
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 parents	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 cousin	case
17	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 staying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	auntie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stay together in a quote	present · progressive	they					for the kids; bout my cousin's parents; together property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Tell your cousin straight away what auntie said, because he has a right to know everything

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 said	obj
7	auntie	auntie	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 away	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 has	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 right	det
14	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 know	mark
16	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 right	acl
17	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	16 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	your cousin	away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cousin=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	auntie			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	have	present	auntie	a right		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Patient
4	know	to-infinitive	auntie not said here	everything		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She thinks they are unhappy as a couple but stay together for the children; it is private, so do not repeat it

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unhappy	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unhappy	cop
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 unhappy	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 unhappy	cop
5	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 couple	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 couple	det
8	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unhappy	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 stay	cc
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unhappy	conj
11	together	together	ADV	_	10 stay	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 children	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 children	det
14	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stay	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 private	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 private	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 private	cop
18	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 unhappy	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 repeat	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	23 repeat	advmod
21	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	23 repeat	aux
22	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 repeat	advmod
23	repeat	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unhappy	conj
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 repeat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	She		as a couple; unhappy property	tree rules
2	stay together	infinitive	She not said here		for the children; together property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	couple		private property	tree rules
4	not repeat	infinitive · do-support	She not said here	couple		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

It means they love their kids too little to bother splitting up, so the kids are a nuisance to them

The tree, 20 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 love	nsubj
4	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 kids	nmod:poss
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 love	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 little	advmod
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 love	obl:unmarked
9	to	to	PART	_	10 bother	mark
10	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 love	advcl
11	splitting	split	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 bother	xcomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 splitting	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 nuisance	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	19 nuisance	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 kids	det
16	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 nuisance	nsubj
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 nuisance	cop
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 nuisance	det
19	nuisance	nuisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 them	case
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 nuisance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	present	they	their kids		little obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
3	bother	to-infinitive	they not said here				tree rules
4	split up	gerund	they not said here				vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	the kids	a nuisance	them = they		tree rules

Option 4

It means the kids must leave

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 leave	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	must	the kids						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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