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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.

detnmod:posscasensubjpunctnsubjobjpunctconjobjcasenmod:possnmod:posscaseoblpunctrootADETboyNOUN'sPARTgrandadNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONhasVERBdementiaNOUN,PUNCTcallsVERBhimPRONbyADPhisPRONdadNOUN'sPARTnameNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing4 grandadnmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 boycase
4grandadgrandadNOUNNumber=Sing7 hasnsubj
5,,PUNCT_7 haspunct
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 hasnsubj
7hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8dementiadementiaNOUNNumber=Sing7 hasobj
9,,PUNCT_10 callspunct
10callscallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 hasconj
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 callsobj
12bybyADP_16 namecase
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 dadnmod:poss
14daddadNOUNNumber=Sing16 namenmod:poss
15's'sPART_14 dadcase
16namenameNOUNNumber=Sing10 callsobl
17..PUNCT_7 haspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresenta boy's grandaddementiavn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dementia=Patient
2callpresenta boy's grandad not said heregrandadby grandad's dad's namevn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3namegrandad's dadnom 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?

copdetadvmodamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETmostADVlovingADJresponseNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 responsedet
4mostmostADVDegree=Sup5 lovingadvmod
5lovinglovingADJDegree=Pos6 responseamod
6responseresponseNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
7??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe loving responsetree rules

The options

Option 1

Tell him he is wrong and getting worse

iobjnsubjcopccompccconjxcomprootTellVERBhimPRONhePRONisAUXwrongADJandCCONJgettingVERBworseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TelltellVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Telliobj
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 wrongnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 wrongcop
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos1 Tellccomp
6andandCCONJ_7 gettingcc
7gettinggetVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 wrongconj
8worsebadADJDegree=Cmp7 gettingxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertimperativeyou not said herehim = hevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2ispresenthewrong propertytree rules
3getgerundhe not said herebad propertyvn 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

ccadvmodconjnmod:possamodobjrootSmileVERBandCCONJgentlyADVsayVERBhisPRONownADJnameNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SmilesmileVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2andandCCONJ_4 saycc
3gentlygentlyADV_4 sayadvmod
4saysayVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Smileconj
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 namenmod:poss
6ownownADJDegree=Pos7 nameamod
7namenameNOUNNumber=Sing4 sayobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1smileimperativeyou not said herevn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2say speech: assertinfinitiveyou not said herehis own namegently propertyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic
3namehis = henom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Decide that his grandad no longer loves him

marknmod:possnsubjadvmodadvmodccompobjrootDecideVERBthatSCONJhisPRONgrandadNOUNnoADVlongerADVlovesVERBhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DecidedecideVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thatthatSCONJ_7 lovesmark
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 grandadnmod:poss
4grandadgrandadNOUNNumber=Sing7 lovesnsubj
5nonoADV_6 longeradvmod
6longerlongADVDegree=Cmp7 lovesadvmod
7lovesloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Decideccomp
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 lovesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1decideimperativeyou not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2lovepresenthis grandadhim = helong propertyvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 4

Walk away and refuse to talk to him

advmodccconjmarkxcompcaseoblrootWalkVERBawayADVandCCONJrefuseVERBtoPARTtalkVERBtoADPhimPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WalkwalkVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2awayawayADV_1 Walkadvmod
3andandCCONJ_4 refusecc
4refuserefuseVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Walkconj
5totoPART_6 talkmark
6talktalkVERBVerbForm=Inf4 refusexcomp
7totoADP_8 himcase
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 talkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1walk awayimperativeyou not said hereaway propertyvn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2refuseinfinitiveyou not said herevn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3not talkto-infinitiveyou not said herehim = hevn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent

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