Test 9 · When home feels shaky: rows, hospitals, new babies and big…

A kid says to Oscar, "you can't see your dad 'cause you were bad." What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, Oscar, truth · What happens: say, not see, be · To what, where: Oscar, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: A kid says to Oscar, "you can't see your dad 'cause you were bad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Oscar	case
5	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 dad	nmod:poss
13	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obj
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 dad	punct
15	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	18 bad	mark
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 bad	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 bad	cop
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 see	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid		Oscar		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to oscar=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not see in a quote	can	Oscar	your dad			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus
3	is in a quote	past	Oscar			bad 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: What's the truth?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The kid is right; it's because Oscar was bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 bad	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bad	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 bad	cop
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 bad	mark
9	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bad	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bad	cop
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the kid					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	kid					bad property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Courts act to keep kids safe; it's never the child's fault

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 act	nsubj
2	act	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 act	advcl
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	obj
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 fault	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fault	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fault	cop
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 fault	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fault	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 child	case
14	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 act	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	act	present	Courts			vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	Courts not said here	kids	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme
3	not is a	present	it	the child's fault		tree rules

Option 3

Oscar could see his dad again if only he behaved much better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oscar	Oscar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 see	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	3 see	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 behaved	mark
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 behaved	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 behaved	nsubj
10	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 see	advcl
11	much	much	ADV	_	12 better	advmod
12	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 behaved	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	could	Oscar	Oscar's dad			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus
2	behave a condition, not said to happen	past	Oscar					good property	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It only happens to children who break rules

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	3 happens	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 happens	advmod
3	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happens	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 break	nsubj
7	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 children	acl:relcl
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	It					to children	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	present	children	rules					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient

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