Test 4 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families
A father asks his son, «Who do you love more, me or your mum?» What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: father, best answer · What happens: ask, love, be · To what, where: son, father · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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 father asks his son, «Who do you love more, me or your mum?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 father | det |
| 2 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 love | punct |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 love | punct |
| 8 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 love | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 love | aux |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 love | nsubj |
| 11 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | parataxis |
| 12 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 love | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 me | punct |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 love | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 mum | cc |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mum | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 me | conj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a father | father's son | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent son=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | love in a quote | present · do-support | a father = father | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
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 best answer?
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 | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
I love Mum more but I will not tell her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 more | nsubj |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 love | obj |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 tell | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 tell | nsubj |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 tell | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 tell | advmod |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 love | parataxis |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tell | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | I | more | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert | future | I | Mum | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 2
I love you more because you asked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 love | obj |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 love | advmod |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 asked | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 asked | nsubj |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | I | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
I do not love either of you any more, so stop asking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 love | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 love | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 love | advmod |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 love | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 either | nmod |
| 8 | any | any | ADV | _ | 9 more | advmod |
| 9 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 love | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stop | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 stop | advmod |
| 12 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 love | conj |
| 13 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not love | present · do-support | I | either | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer either=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | I not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | I not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
I love you both and do not want to choose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 love | nsubj |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 love | obj |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 you | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 want | cc |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 want | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 want | advmod |
| 8 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 love | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 choose | mark |
| 10 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 want | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | I | you | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not want | present · do-support | I not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | choose not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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