Test 3 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families
A boy's grandad, who has dementia, calls him by his dad's name. What is the most loving response?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad, dad, loving response · What happens: have, call, name, be · To what, where: dementia, grandad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy's grandad, who has dementia, calls him by his dad's name.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 boy | case |
| 4 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | dementia | dementia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 calls | punct |
| 10 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 has | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 calls | obj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 name | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 dad | nmod:poss |
| 14 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 name | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 dad | case |
| 16 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 calls | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy's grandad | dementia | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dementia=Patient | ||||
| 2 | call | present | a boy's grandad not said here | grandad | by grandad's dad's name | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | |||
| 3 | name | grandad's dad | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the most loving response?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 response | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 loving | advmod |
| 5 | loving | loving | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 response | amod |
| 6 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the loving response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Tell him he is wrong and getting worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wrong | cop |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 getting | cc |
| 7 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 wrong | conj |
| 8 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | gerund | he not said here | bad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Smile and gently say his own name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 3 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Smile | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 name | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | imperative | you not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | his own name | gently property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | |||
| 3 | name | his = he | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Decide that his grandad no longer loves him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 loves | mark |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loves | nsubj |
| 5 | no | no | ADV | _ | 6 longer | advmod |
| 6 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 loves | advmod |
| 7 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Decide | ccomp |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | love | present | his grandad | him = he | long property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 4
Walk away and refuse to talk to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 refuse | cc |
| 4 | refuse | refuse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 talk | mark |
| 6 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 refuse | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk away | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | refuse | infinitive | you not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not talk | to-infinitive | you not said here | him = he | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent |
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