Test 9 · ★ · Grandparents, divorce and step-families

Which shows a child is being put in the middle of a divorce?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: show, put · To what, where: child, middle · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 put	aux:pass
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 put	aux:pass
7	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 shows	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 put	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 divorce	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 divorce	det
13	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	put	present · passive		a child		the middle of a divorce			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in middle=Destination

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

Being asked to carry messages or take sides

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 asked	aux:pass
2	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 carry	mark
4	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 asked	xcomp
5	messages	message	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 take	cc
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 carry	conj
8	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund · passive		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	messages	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme
3	take	infinitive	sides	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme

Option 2

Having a bedroom in two different houses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bedroom	det
3	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Having	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 houses	case
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 houses	nummod
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 houses	amod
7	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Having	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund		a bedroom		two different houses			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bedroom=Patient

Option 3

Spending weekends at each parent's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	weekends	weekend	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spending	obj
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 home	case
4	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	5 parent	det
5	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 home	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 parent	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	gerund				each parent's home	weekend		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Being told by both parents that they love you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 told	aux:pass
2	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 parents	case
4	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 parents	det
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 told	obl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 love	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 love	nsubj
8	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 told	ccomp
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund · passive	both parents						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	present	parents = parent	you					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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