Test 6 · ★★ · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…
Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night." What would really help her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Chloe, They · What happens: think, fight, work, help · To what, where: Chloe · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Chloe thinks, "They're fighting because of me, so I'll work till midnight every night."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 thinks | nsubj |
| 2 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fighting | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 fighting | punct |
| 5 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fighting | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fighting | aux |
| 7 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 8 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 10 me | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 because | fixed |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 fighting | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 work | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 work | advmod |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 work | nsubj |
| 14 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 work | aux |
| 15 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thinks | ccomp |
| 16 | till | till | ADP | _ | 17 midnight | case |
| 17 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 work | obl |
| 18 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 night | det |
| 19 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 work | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 work | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | Chloe | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight in a quote | present · progressive | They | because Chloe | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | work in a quote | future | Chloe | midnight; night | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 would really help her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 help | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 help | advmod |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 help | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | Chloe | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mum explaining they were worried, and a plan with the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 explaining | nsubj |
| 2 | explaining | explain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 worried | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 worried | cop |
| 5 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 explaining | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plan | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 plan | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 plan | det |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 explaining | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 teacher | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 teacher | det |
| 12 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plan | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | gerund | Mum | a plan with the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | they | worried property | tree rules |
Option 2
Hiding her next school report
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 report | nmod:poss |
| 3 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 report | amod |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 report | compound |
| 5 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hiding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | her next school report | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Patient | |||||
| 2 | report | her = she | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Telling them to stop arguing about her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Telling | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stop | mark |
| 4 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Telling | xcomp |
| 5 | arguing | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 stop | xcomp |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 arguing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | gerund | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | stop not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree | gerund | about her = she | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about she=Topic |
Option 4
Working till midnight every night so that they never argue again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | till | till | ADP | _ | 3 midnight | case |
| 3 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Working | obl |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 night | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Working | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 argue | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 argue | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 argue | advmod |
| 10 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Working | advcl |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 argue | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | gerund | midnight; night | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not argue speech: disagree | present | they | again | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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