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Test 11 · ★★ · When someone dies

Your friend says, "My nan says Grandad's a star in the sky now, but my dad says he's just gone." Who is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, nan, Grandad, dad · What happens: say, be · To what, where: star, sky · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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 friend says, "My nan says Grandad's a star in the sky now, but my dad says he's just gone."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
6	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nan	nmod:poss
7	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
9	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 star	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 star	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 star	det
12	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	ccomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 sky	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sky	det
15	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 star	nmod
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 says	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 says	punct
18	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 says	cc
19	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 dad	nmod:poss
20	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 says	nsubj
21	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 gone	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 gone	cop
24	just	just	ADV	_	25 gone	advmod
25	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 says	ccomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	25 gone	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 gone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	My nan				now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	Grandad	a star		the sky			tree rules
4	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	present	dad					gone property	tree rules

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: Who is right?

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 · ✓ the right answer

People believe different things, and nobody knows for certain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 believe	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knows	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 knows	cc
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 knows	nsubj
8	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believe	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 certain	case
10	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 knows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	People	different things					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
2	know	present	nobody					for certain	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The nan is right, because she is older

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nan	det
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 older	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 older	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 older	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 older	cop
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the nan					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	she					old property	tree rules

Option 3

The dad is right, because men know more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dad	det
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 know	mark
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	parataxis
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the dad					right property	tree rules
2	know	present	men	more					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus

Option 4

Both are wrong, and the friend should not ask

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 wrong	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ask	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 ask	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ask	nsubj
8	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 ask	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 ask	advmod
10	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wrong	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Both					wrong property	tree rules
2	not ask speech: ask	should	the friend						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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