Test 8 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

Isla says, "I'm gonna tell Grandpa off next time he yells at Mum!" What does the lesson say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Isla, lesson · What happens: say, tell, yell · To what, where: Grandpa, next time · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: Isla says, "I'm gonna tell Grandpa off next time he yells at Mum!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 tell	nsubj
6	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	aux
7	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 tell	dep
8	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
9	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	12 time	case
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obl
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 yells	nsubj
14	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 time	acl:relcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 Mum	case
16	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 yells	obl
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Isla					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	Isla		Grandpa	time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandpa=Recipient
3	yell speech: express in a quote	present	Isla	next time not said here			at Mum	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent time=Theme at mum=Stimulus

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 does the lesson say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lesson	det
4	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the lesson						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Grown-ups have old wounds; it isn't Isla's job to fix

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ups	amod
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Grown	punct
3	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wounds	amod
6	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 job	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 job	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 job	cop
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 job	advmod
11	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 job	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Isla	case
13	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 fix	mark
15	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 job	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	Grown ups	old wounds	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Patient
3	not is a	present	it	Isla's job	tree rules
4	fix	to-infinitive	Grown ups not said here		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Isla should make Grandpa and Mum hug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hug	cc
6	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hug	compound
7	hug	hug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Grandpa	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	should	Isla	Grandpa and Mum hug					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandpa=Product

Option 3

Isla should refuse to ever see Grandpa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 refuse	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 refuse	aux
3	refuse	refuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refuse	xcomp
7	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	should	Isla						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not see	to-infinitive	Isla not said here	Grandpa			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandpa=Stimulus

Option 4

Isla should shout at Grandpa to protect Mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shout	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 shout	aux
3	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 Grandpa	case
5	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 shout	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 protect	mark
7	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 shout	advcl
8	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	should	Isla					at Grandpa	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	protect	to-infinitive	Isla not said here		Mum				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Beneficiary

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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