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Test 1 · ★★ · When someone dies

Your little brother says, "Grandad's just asleep, he'll wake up after the funeral." How do you put him right gently?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little brother, Grandad, you · What happens: say, wake up, put · To what, where: Grandad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 24 «When someone dies» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Your little brother says, "Grandad's just asleep, he'll wake up after the funeral."

nmod:possamodnsubjpunctpunctnsubjcaseadvmodccomppunctnsubjauxccompcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONlittleADJbrotherNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTGrandadPROPN'sPARTjustADVasleepADJ,PUNCThePRON'llAUXwakeVERBupADPafterADPtheDETfuneralNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 brothernmod:poss
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos3 brotheramod
3brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 asleeppunct
6""PUNCT_10 asleeppunct
7GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing10 asleepnsubj
8's'sPART_7 Grandadcase
9justjustADV_10 asleepadvmod
10asleepasleepADJDegree=Pos4 saysccomp
11,,PUNCT_14 wakepunct
12hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 wakensubj
13'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin14 wakeaux
14wakewakeVERBVerbForm=Inf4 saysccomp
15upupADP_14 wakecompound:prt
16afterafterADP_18 funeralcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 funeraldet
18funeralfuneralNOUNNumber=Sing14 wakeobl
19..PUNCT_14 wakepunct
20""PUNCT_14 wakepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour little brothervn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2wake up in a quotefutureGrandadafter the funeralvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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: How do you put him right gently?

advmodauxnsubjobjadvmodadvmodpunctrootHowADVdoAUXyouPRONputVERBhimPRONrightADVgentlyADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HowhowADVPronType=Int4 putadvmod
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 putaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 putnsubj
4putputVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 putobj
6rightrightADV_7 gentlyadvmod
7gentlygentlyADV_4 putadvmod
8??PUNCT_4 putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putpresent · do-supportyouGrandadgently propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Grandad is pretending and will come back

nsubjauxccauxconjadvmodrootGrandadPROPNisAUXpretendingVERBandCCONJwillAUXcomeVERBbackADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing3 pretendingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 pretendingaux
3pretendingpretendVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
4andandCCONJ_6 comecc
5willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin6 comeaux
6comecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 pretendingconj
7backbackADV_6 comeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pretendpresent · progressiveGrandadtree rules
2come backfutureGrandad not said herevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Grandad has died; his body has stopped and he will not wake up

nsubjauxpunctnmod:possnsubjauxconjccnsubjauxadvmodconjcompound:prtrootGrandadPROPNhasAUXdiedVERB;PUNCThisPRONbodyNOUNhasAUXstoppedVERBandCCONJhePRONwillAUXnotPARTwakeVERBupADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing3 diednsubj
2hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 diedaux
3dieddieVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4;;PUNCT_8 stoppedpunct
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 bodynmod:poss
6bodybodyNOUNNumber=Sing8 stoppednsubj
7hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 stoppedaux
8stoppedstopVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 diedconj
9andandCCONJ_13 wakecc
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 wakensubj
11willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin13 wakeaux
12notnotPARTPolarity=Neg13 wakeadvmod
13wakewakeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 stoppedconj
14upupADP_13 wakecompound:prt
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1diepresent · perfectGrandadvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2stoppresent · perfectGrandad's bodyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3not wake upfuturebodyvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Grandad will wake up if we are good enough

nsubjauxcompound:prtmarknsubjcopadvcladvmodrootGrandadPROPNwillAUXwakeVERBupADPifSCONJwePRONareAUXgoodADJenoughADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing3 wakensubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 wakeaux
3wakewakeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4upupADP_3 wakecompound:prt
5ififSCONJ_8 goodmark
6wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs8 goodnsubj
7arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 goodcop
8goodgoodADJDegree=Pos3 wakeadvcl
9enoughenoughADV_8 goodadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wake upfutureGrandadvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2is a condition, not said to happenpresentweenough, good propertytree rules

Option 4

Grandad is asleep and will wake up in a week or two

nsubjcopccauxconjcompound:prtcasedetoblccconjrootGrandadPROPNisAUXasleepADJandCCONJwillAUXwakeVERBupADPinADPaDETweekNOUNorCCONJtwoNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing3 asleepnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 asleepcop
3asleepasleepADJDegree=Posrootroot
4andandCCONJ_6 wakecc
5willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin6 wakeaux
6wakewakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 asleepconj
7upupADP_6 wakecompound:prt
8ininADP_10 weekcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 weekdet
10weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing6 wakeobl
11ororCCONJ_12 twocc
12twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card10 weekconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentGrandadasleep propertytree rules
2wake upfutureGrandad not said hereweekvn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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