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Test 10 · ★★ · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

Mia's uncle, Gen X: "Back in my day we had dinner with the telly on, no biggie." What makes Mia's case worth speaking up about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, case · What happens: have on, make, speak up · To what, where: dinner, case

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» 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: Mia's uncle, Gen X: "Back in my day we had dinner with the telly on, no biggie."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Mia	case
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 X	punct
5	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 X	compound
6	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	conj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Back	punct
9	Back	back	ADV	_	14 had	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 day	nmod:poss
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obl
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 uncle	conj
15	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 telly	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 telly	det
18	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	14 had	compound:prt
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 biggie	punct
21	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	22 biggie	det
22	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 uncle	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 uncle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have on in a quote	past	we	dinner			day	with the telly	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient

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 makes Mia's case worth speaking up about?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 case	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Mia	case
5	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
7	speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 worth	xcomp
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 speaking	compound:prt
9	about	about	ADV	_	7 speaking	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present		Mia's case				worth property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material case=Product
2	speak up speech: other	gerund	Mia's case not said here					about property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Phones are banned at all dinners by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 banned	aux:pass
3	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 dinners	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 dinners	det
6	dinners	dinner	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 banned	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive	law	Phones		all dinners			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 2

Telly is fine at dinner, but phones are always evil and rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 dinner	case
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 evil	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 evil	cc
8	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 evil	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 evil	cop
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 evil	advmod
11	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fine	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rude	cc
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 evil	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Telly			dinner		fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	phones					always, evil property	tree rules
3	be		phones not said here						tree rules

Option 3

It isn't; she should just sulk instead

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	2 is	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sulk	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 is	advmod
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 sulk	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sulk	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sulk	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 sulk	advmod
8	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	8 sulk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should · present	she					instead, sulk property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She feels ignored; saying so led to phone-free dinners

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	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 feels	xcomp
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 saying	punct
5	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 feels	advcl
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 led	advmod
7	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 saying	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 dinners	case
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 free	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 phone	punct
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dinners	amod
12	dinners	dinner	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She						vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	ignore	participle	She not said here						vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund	She not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	lead	participle						to free dinners	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to dinner=Patient

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