Test 10 · ★★ · When someone dies
On the news: "He leaves a widow and three children." What does this mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: He, this · What happens: leave, mean · To what, where: widow, news
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: On the news: "He leaves a widow and three children."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 3 news | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 news | det |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obl |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 news | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 leaves | punct |
| 6 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leaves | nsubj |
| 7 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 widow | det |
| 9 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leaves | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 children | cc |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 children | nummod |
| 12 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 widow | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 leaves | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 leaves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave in a quote | present | He | a widow and three children | the news | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent widow=Theme on news=Location |
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 does this mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His wife and three children are still alive after his death
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 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 alive | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 children | cc |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 children | nummod |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wife | conj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 alive | cop |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 alive | advmod |
| 8 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 death | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 death | nmod:poss |
| 11 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 alive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His wife and three children | after his death; still | alive property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | die | his = he | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
He has given his house to three children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 children | nummod |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · perfect · passive | He | to three children | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient house=Theme |
Option 3
He has left his wife and children to live elsewhere with someone new
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 left | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 left | aux |
| 3 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 left | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 children | cc |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wife | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 live | mark |
| 9 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 left | advcl |
| 10 | elsewhere | elsewhere | ADV | _ | 9 live | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 someone | case |
| 12 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 live | obl |
| 13 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 someone | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | present · perfect | He | his wife and children | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Theme | ||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | He not said here | with someone; elsewhere property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with someone=Location |
Option 4
His wife has died and he has three children
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 wife | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 died | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 died | aux |
| 4 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 has | cc |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 died | conj |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 children | nummod |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present · perfect | His wife | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | have | present | he | three children | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |
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