--- title: Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a w… — New partners and step-families · tree and pragmatics description: Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings." What new siblings are meant? 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What new siblings are meant? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gossip, poor kid · **What happens:** remarry, get, mean · **To what, where:** whole new lot, new siblings This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 16 «New partners and step-families» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:1 # text = Gossip at the school gate: "His mum's remarrying, poor kid's got a whole new lot of siblings." 1 Gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 remarrying remarry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 siblings sibling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remarry** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Gossip at the school gate | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | poor kid | a whole new lot of siblings | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lot=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 new siblings are meant? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:2 # text = What new siblings are meant? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 siblings sibling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · passive | | new siblings | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Step-siblings, the children of Mum's new husband ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:o1:1 # text = Step-siblings, the children of Mum's new husband 1 Step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 siblings sibling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Twins who have just been born ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:o2:1 # text = Twins who have just been born 1 Twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | present · perfect · passive | | Twins | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Half-siblings, born to his own mum and dad after the wedding ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:o3:1 # text = Half-siblings, born to his own mum and dad after the wedding 1 Half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 siblings sibling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | participle | | Half siblings *not said here* | | | after the wedding | to his own mum and dad | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Cousins who live with him now ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:16-new-partners-and-step-families:t3:o4:1 # text = Cousins who live with him now 1 Cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | Cousins | | | | now | with him *= he* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location | **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. 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