Test 4 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big… Jacob's mum says, "Your useless father." Jacob's nan, Irish: "Ah, sure, ye can love the both of them, pet." What does Nan mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, ye, Nan · What happens: say, love, mean · To what, where: both · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 14 «When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big changes» 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: Jacob's mum says, "Your useless father."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nmod:poss amod parataxis punct punct root Jacob PROPN 's PART mum NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Your PRON useless ADJ father NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jacob case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 says punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 father punct 7 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 father nmod:poss 8 useless useless ADJ Degree=Pos 9 father amod 9 father father NOUN Number=Sing 4 says parataxis 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 father punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 father punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Jacob's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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: Jacob's nan, Irish: "Ah, sure, ye can love the both of them, pet."
nmod:poss case punct conj punct punct discourse punct parataxis punct nsubj aux ccomp det obj case nmod punct vocative punct punct root Jacob PROPN 's PART nan NOUN , PUNCT Irish ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT Ah INTJ , PUNCT sure ADJ , PUNCT ye PRON can AUX love VERB the DET both DET of ADP them PRON , PUNCT pet NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jacob Jacob PROPN Number=Sing 3 nan nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Jacob case 3 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 Irish punct 5 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos 3 nan conj 6 : : PUNCT _ 10 sure punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 sure punct 8 Ah ah INTJ _ 10 sure discourse 9 , , PUNCT _ 8 Ah punct 10 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 3 nan parataxis 11 , , PUNCT _ 14 love punct 12 ye ye PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch 14 love nsubj 13 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 love aux 14 love love VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 sure ccomp 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 both det 16 both both DET PronType=Tot 14 love obj 17 of of ADP _ 18 them case 18 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 both nmod 19 , , PUNCT _ 20 pet punct 20 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 14 love vocative 21 . . PUNCT _ 3 nan punct 22 " " PUNCT _ 3 nan punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love in a quote can ye both pet vocative vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer both=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What does Nan mean?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX Nan PROPN mean VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 mean obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 mean aux 3 Nan Nan PROPN Number=Sing 4 mean nsubj 4 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 mean punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present · do-support Nan vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice His mum is wrong about everything
nmod:poss nsubj cop case obl root His PRON mum NOUN is AUX wrong ADJ about ADP everything PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 wrong nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 wrong cop 4 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 about about ADP _ 6 everything case 6 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 4 wrong obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present His mum about everything; wrong property tree rules
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer He can love both parents, even after the split
nsubj aux det obj punct advmod case det conj root He PRON can AUX love VERB both DET parents NOUN , PUNCT even ADV after ADP the DET split NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 love nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 love aux 3 love love VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 both both DET PronType=Tot 5 parents det 5 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 3 love obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 split punct 7 even even ADV _ 10 split advmod 8 after after ADP _ 10 split case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 split det 10 split split NOUN Number=Sing 3 love conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 love can He both parents vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parent=Stimulus
Option 3 His dad really is useless
nmod:poss nsubj advmod cop root His PRON dad NOUN really ADV is AUX useless ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 dad nmod:poss 2 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 5 useless nsubj 3 really really ADV _ 5 useless advmod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 useless cop 5 useless useless ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present His dad useless property tree rules
Option 4 He must choose just one of his parents to love from now on
nsubj aux advmod obj case nmod:poss nmod mark advcl case obl advmod root He PRON must AUX choose VERB just ADV one NUM of ADP his PRON parents NOUN to PART love VERB from ADP now ADV on ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 choose nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 choose aux 3 choose choose VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 just just ADV _ 5 one advmod 5 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 choose obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 parents case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 parents nmod:poss 8 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 5 one nmod 9 to to PART _ 10 love mark 10 love love VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 choose advcl 11 from from ADP _ 12 now case 12 now now ADV PronType=Dem 10 love obl 13 on on ADV _ 10 love advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 choose must He one of his parents vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme 2 love to-infinitive He not said here vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
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