Test 6 · Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poo…

Mum: "My gran had eight kids, I've got two." Grace: "Why'd you stop at two, Mum, mid?" What's the bigger pattern?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, Grace, bigger pattern · What happens: get, stop, be · To what, where: two

This is test 6 of lesson 78 «Humanity today: how many we are, how long we live, how poor and how rich» of the history 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: Mum: "My gran had eight kids, I've got two."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 had	punct
4	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 gran	nmod:poss
5	gran	gran	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 got	aux
7	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 kids	nummod
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 had	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 got	nsubj
11	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 got	aux
12	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 got	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	past · perfect	Mum	two					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus

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: Grace: "Why'd you stop at two, Mum, mid?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 stop	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
4	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 stop	advmod
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stop	aux
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 stop	nsubj
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 two	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 stop	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Mum	punct
11	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stop	vocative
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mid	punct
13	mid	mid	X	_	7 stop	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	would	Grace			two		Mum vocative	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at two=Location

Sentence 3: What's the bigger pattern?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pattern	det
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 pattern	amod
5	pattern	pattern	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 bigger pattern						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Families shrank worldwide as fewer children died and more girls went to school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	worldwide	worldwide	ADV	_	2 shrank	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 fewer	advmod
5	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 children	amod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 died	nsubj
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 girls	amod
10	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 school	case
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	Families		worldwide property	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	die	past	fewer children			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	go	past	more girls	school		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 2

It was just her own choice and nothing else

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	6 choice	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 choice	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 choice	advmod
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 choice	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 choice	amod
6	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nothing	cc
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 choice	conj
9	else	else	ADV	_	8 nothing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	her own choice					tree rules

Option 3

Large families were banned everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 families	amod
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · passive		Large families				everywhere property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Families have grown bigger since 1950

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grown	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grown	xcomp
5	since	since	ADP	_	6 1950	case
6	1950	1950	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 grown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · perfect	Families				since 1950	big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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