Test 5 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

Which is the wisest thought for a child whose parents have just divorced?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, divorce · To what, where: wisest thought, parents

This is test 5 · ★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thought	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thought	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thought	det
4	wisest	wise	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thought	amod
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thought	nmod
9	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	10 parents	nmod:poss
10	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 divorced	nsubj:pass
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 divorced	aux
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 divorced	advmod
13	divorced	divorce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 child	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the wisest thought				for a child	tree rules
2	divorce	present · perfect · passive		parents					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-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 · ✓ the right answer

It will take time, but both my parents still love me

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 take	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 love	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 love	cc
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 parents	det:predet
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 parents	nmod:poss
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 love	nsubj
10	still	still	ADV	_	11 love	advmod
11	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	conj
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	future	It				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	love	present	my parents	me			still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus

Option 2

One of them must not want me any more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 want	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 One	nmod
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 want	advmod
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 want	obj
8	any	any	ADV	_	9 more	advmod
9	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 want	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want	must	One of them	me					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot i=Theme

Option 3

If I am perfect from now on, they will surely get back together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 perfect	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 perfect	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 perfect	cop
4	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	advcl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 on	case
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 on	advmod
7	on	on	ADV	_	4 perfect	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 perfect	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	surely	surely	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 get	advmod
14	together	together	ADV	_	12 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a condition, not said to happen	present	I					perfect property	tree rules
2	get back	future	they					surely, together property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

It is my job to keep them both happy

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	4 job	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 job	cop
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 job	acl
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	obj
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 them	appos
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	my job					tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive		them = they				happy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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