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Test 3 · Life begins: being born and growing up

Gran says, «Back in my day we said the stork brought you, pet.» What is the honest truth behind it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, we, stork, honest truth · What happens: say, bring, be · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 of lesson 51 «Life begins: being born and growing up» of the religion ethics 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: Gran says, «Back in my day we said the stork brought you, pet.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
5	Back	back	ADV	_	10 said	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 day	nmod:poss
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stork	det
12	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brought	nsubj
13	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 brought	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pet	punct
16	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 brought	vocative
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	we				day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring in a quote	past	the stork		you			pet vocative	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination

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 is the honest truth behind it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 truth	det
4	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 truth	amod
5	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 truth	nmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The stork story is true, but only for twins and triplets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
2	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 story	compound
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 twins	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 twins	cc
8	only	only	ADV	_	10 twins	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 twins	case
10	twins	twin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 true	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 triplets	cc
12	triplets	triplet	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 twins	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the stork story					true property	tree rules

Option 2

Storks still bring babies to families in some faraway countries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bring	nsubj
2	still	still	ADV	_	3 bring	advmod
3	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bring	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 families	case
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bring	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 countries	case
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 countries	det
9	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 countries	amod
10	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Storks	babies		some faraway countries	still	to families	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent baby=Theme to family=Destination

Option 3

Storks really did bring babies to families before there were hospitals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 bring	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bring	aux
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 families	case
7	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	obl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 were	mark
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 were	expl
10	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bring	advcl
11	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 were	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past · do-support	Storks	babies		families			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent baby=Theme to family=Destination
2	be	past	hospitals			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Babies grow inside their mothers; the stork was a story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	nsubj
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 mothers	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mothers	nmod:poss
5	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grow	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 story	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stork	det
8	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 story	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 story	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Babies					inside Babies's mothers	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside mother=Location
2	is a	past	the stork	a story					tree rules

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