Test 10 · ★ · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

Ruby's cousin says, "they're back together, so you can be totally happy now, no worries." Why might Ruby feel happy and scared at once?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, they, you, Ruby · What happens: say, be, feel · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 12 «Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault» of the reflection 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: Ruby's cousin says, "they're back together, so you can be totally happy now, no worries."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ruby	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 together	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 together	punct
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 together	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 together	cop
9	back	back	ADV	_	10 together	advmod
10	together	together	ADV	_	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 happy	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 happy	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 happy	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 happy	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 happy	cop
16	totally	totally	ADV	_	17 happy	advmod
17	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 happy	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 worries	punct
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 worries	det
21	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 worries	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 worries	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ruby's cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	they		together property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	can	you	now	happy, totally property	tree rules

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: Why might Ruby feel happy and scared at once?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 feel	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 feel	nsubj
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 scared	cc
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 happy	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 feel	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	might	Ruby					happy property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

Being happy and scared at the very same time is impossible for anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 happy	cop
2	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 impossible	csubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 scared	cc
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 happy	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 same	advmod
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 happy	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 impossible	cop
11	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 anyone	case
13	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 impossible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund	time	happy property	tree rules
2	be				tree rules
3	is	present		for anyone; impossible property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Trust takes time after a big change; mixed feelings are normal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	7 change	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 change	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 change	amod
7	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 normal	punct
9	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 feelings	amod
10	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 normal	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 normal	cop
12	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 takes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Trust	after a big change; time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mix	participle				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	mixed feelings		normal property	tree rules

Option 3

She secretly wants them to split up again so she can have two homes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
2	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	3 wants	advmod
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 split	mark
6	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 split	compound:prt
8	again	again	ADV	_	6 split	advmod
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 have	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 have	aux
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 split	advcl
13	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 homes	nummod
14	homes	home	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She	them = they		secretly property	tree rules
2	split up not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they not said here		again		vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	have	can	she	two homes			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient

Option 4

She's scared only because her cousin said so, not because of anything real

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 said	mark
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cousin	nmod:poss
7	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	advcl
9	so	so	ADV	_	8 said	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 anything	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 anything	advmod
12	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	14 anything	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	12 because	fixed
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 scared	conj
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 anything	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					scared property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	her cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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