Test 5 · ★ · Parents shouting, parents splitting: it's not your fault

Holly's nan, from the Midlands: "Don't be nesh about askin' for a pencil, duck." ("Nesh" means timid; "duck" means dear.) Why did Holly stop asking for things?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nesh, duck, Holly · What happens: not be, mean, stop, ask

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Holly's nan, from the Midlands: "Don't be nesh about askin' for a pencil, duck."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 nan	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Holly	case
3	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Midlands	punct
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Midlands	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Midlands	det
7	Midlands	Midland	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 nan	appos
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 nesh	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 nesh	punct
10	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 nesh	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 nesh	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 nesh	cop
13	nesh	nesh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nan	amod
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 askin	case
15	askin	askin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nesh	obl
16	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 nesh	punct
17	for	for	ADP	_	19 pencil	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 pencil	det
19	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nesh	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 duck	punct
21	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 pencil	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nan	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 nan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is in a quote	infinitive · do-support						about askin; for a pencil and duck; nesh 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: ("Nesh" means timid; "duck" means dear.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Nesh	punct
3	Nesh	Nesh	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Nesh	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	timid	timid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 duck	punct
9	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 means	nsubj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 duck	punct
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
12	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Nesh					timid property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	duck					dear property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Why did Holly stop asking for things?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 stop	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
3	Holly	Holly	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stop	nsubj
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 things	case
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 asking	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past · do-support	Holly						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Holly not said here					for things	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She had decided she didn't like pencils any more

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 decided	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 decided	aux
3	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 like	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 like	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 like	advmod
7	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 decided	ccomp
8	pencils	pencil	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 like	obj
9	any	any	ADV	_	10 more	advmod
10	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past · perfect	She						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not like	past · do-support	she	pencils					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pencil=Theme

Option 2

She had saved up enough money to buy her own

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 saved	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saved	aux
3	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 saved	compound:prt
5	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 saved	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save up	past · perfect	She	enough money					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	buy	to-infinitive	She not said here	her own					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent own=Theme

Option 3

Her mum had banned her from asking for anything at all, ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banned	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 banned	obj
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 asking	mark
7	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 banned	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 anything	case
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 asking	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 anything	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ever	punct
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 banned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	past · perfect	Her mum	her = she			ever		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer she=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	Her mum not said here					for anything	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She wrongly blamed herself for the family's money worries

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 blamed	nsubj
2	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	3 blamed	advmod
3	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 blamed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	10 worries	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 money	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 family	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 worries	compound
10	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 blamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past	She	herself = she				for money worries; wrongly property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent herself=Theme for worry=Attribute

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