Test 5 · ★ · Life is precious: wonder and gratitude Ben moans, «That's such a mum thing to say.» His mum said health and family are the real holiday. Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ben, That, mum, health · What happens: moan, be, say · To what, where: mum thing, real holiday · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 54 «Life is precious: wonder and gratitude» 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: Ben moans, «That's such a mum thing to say.»
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop det:predet det compound ccomp mark acl punct punct root Ben PROPN moans VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT That PRON 's AUX such DET a DET mum NOUN thing NOUN to PART say VERB . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 moans nsubj 2 moans moan VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 10 thing punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 10 thing punct 5 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 10 thing nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 thing cop 7 such such DET PronType=Ind 10 thing det:predet 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 thing det 9 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 10 thing compound 10 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 2 moans ccomp 11 to to PART _ 12 say mark 12 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 thing acl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 moans punct 14 » » PUNCT _ 2 moans punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 moan present Ben vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present That such mum thing tree rules 3 say speech: assert in a quote to-infinitive Ben not said here vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: His mum said health and family are the real holiday.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj cc conj cop det amod ccomp punct root His PRON mum NOUN said VERB health NOUN and CCONJ family NOUN are AUX the DET real ADJ holiday NOUN . PUNCT 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 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 health health NOUN Number=Sing 10 holiday nsubj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 family cc 6 family family NOUN Number=Sing 4 health conj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 holiday cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 holiday det 9 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 10 holiday amod 10 holiday holiday NOUN Number=Sing 3 said ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past Ben's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present health and family the real holiday tree rules
Sentence 3: Who is right?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Ben is right, it is just nonsense that mums say to children
nsubj cop punct nsubj cop advmod parataxis obj nsubj acl:relcl case obl root Ben PROPN is AUX right ADJ , PUNCT it PRON is AUX just ADV nonsense NOUN that PRON mums NOUN say VERB to ADP children NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 nonsense punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 nonsense nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 nonsense cop 7 just just ADV _ 8 nonsense advmod 8 nonsense nonsense NOUN Number=Sing 3 right parataxis 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 say obj 10 mums mum NOUN Number=Plur 11 say nsubj 11 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 nonsense acl:relcl 12 to to ADP _ 13 children case 13 children child NOUN Number=Plur 11 say obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Ben right property tree rules 2 is a present it nonsense tree rules 3 say speech: assert present mums nonsense children vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to child=Recipient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer It does sound like a mum thing, and it is also true
nsubj aux case det compound obl punct cc nsubj cop advmod parataxis root It PRON does AUX sound VERB like ADP a DET mum NOUN thing NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ it PRON is AUX also ADV true ADJ 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 sound nsubj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 sound aux 3 sound sound VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 like like ADP _ 7 thing case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 thing det 6 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 thing compound 7 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing 3 sound obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 true punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 13 true cc 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 true nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 true cop 12 also also ADV _ 13 true advmod 13 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 3 sound parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sound present · do-support It like a mum thing vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 2 is present thing true property tree rules
Option 3 Mum is wrong, holidays matter most
nsubj cop punct nsubj parataxis advmod root Mum NOUN is AUX wrong ADJ , PUNCT holidays NOUN matter VERB most ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 matter punct 5 holidays holiday NOUN Number=Plur 6 matter nsubj 6 matter matter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong parataxis 7 most most ADV Degree=Sup 6 matter advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Mum wrong property tree rules 2 matter present holidays vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 Neither, because nobody can be grateful
advmod punct mark nsubj aux cop root Neither ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ nobody PRON can AUX be AUX grateful ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 7 grateful advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 grateful mark 4 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 grateful nsubj 5 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 grateful aux 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 grateful cop 7 grateful grateful ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is can nobody grateful, neither property tree rules
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