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Test 3 · ★ · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

A cartoon shows a kid making both divorced parents happy by secretly telling each one "I like you best". What's wrong with it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, kid · What happens: show, make, tell, like, be · To what, where: kid, divorced parents, one, best · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: A cartoon shows a kid making both divorced parents happy by secretly telling each one "I like you best".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 kid	acl
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 parents	det:predet
8	divorced	divorced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parents	amod
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 making	obj
10	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 making	xcomp
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 telling	mark
12	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	13 telling	advmod
13	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shows	advcl
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 telling	obj
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 like	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 like	nsubj
18	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 telling	parataxis
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 best	nsubj
20	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 like	obj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 like	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon		a kid				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2	make	gerund	a kid not said here	both divorced parents				happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset parent=Product
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	a cartoon not said here	each one				secretly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent one=Recipient clause=Topic
4	like in a quote	present	a cartoon = cartoon	best					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme

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's wrong with it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrong	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						with cartoon; wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Kids should always choose the richer parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choose	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choose	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 choose	advmod
4	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parent	det
6	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 parent	amod
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	should	Kids	the richer parent				always property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Theme

Option 2

Nothing; that's the best way to keep everyone happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 way	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 way	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 way	amod
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	appos
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 way	acl
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 keep	obj
11	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	the best way					tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive		everyone				happy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Option 3

It's only wrong because the kid might get caught

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 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wrong	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 wrong	advmod
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 caught	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 caught	nsubj:pass
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 caught	aux
9	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 caught	aux:pass
10	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wrong	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					wrong property	tree rules
2	catch	might · passive		the kid					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling each parent different things makes it worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 makes	csubj
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 parent	det
3	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	obj
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Telling	obj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund		different things	each parent				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient thing=Topic
2	make	present	Telling	parent				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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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