Test 3 · ★★ · When someone dies

Your cousin says, "Hospices are where they kill old people, innit." How do you put her right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Hospices, you · What happens: say, be, innit, put · To what, where: cousin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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 cousin says, "Hospices are where they kill old people, innit."

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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kill	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 kill	punct
6	Hospices	hospice	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kill	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kill	cop
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 kill	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kill	nsubj
10	kill	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 kill	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 kill	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your cousin		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Hospices	kill property	tree rules
3	innit in a quote	infinitive	Hospices not said here		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: How do you put her right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	present · do-support	you		cousin			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

She is right, it is a frightening place where nobody ever wants to go

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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	_	9 place	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 place	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 place	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
8	frightening	frightening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 place	amod
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 wants	advmod
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 wants	nsubj
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 wants	advmod
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 place	advcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 go	mark
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a frightening place			tree rules
3	want	present	nobody		ever		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	nobody not said here				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Hospices care for people near the end and keep them comfortable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hospices	hospice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 care	nsubj
2	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 care	obl
5	near	near	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keep	cc
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 care	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keep	obj
11	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	Hospices					for people near the end	vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for people=Theme
2	keep	infinitive	Hospices not said here	Hospices = hospice				comfortable property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Hospices are only for very ill children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hospices	hospice	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 children	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 children	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 children	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 children	case
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 ill	advmod
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hospices					for ill children	tree rules

Option 4

Hospices are where old people learn to walk again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hospices	hospice	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 learn	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	cop
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 learn	advmod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 learn	nsubj
6	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 walk	mark
8	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 learn	xcomp
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Hospices					learn property	tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive	Hospices not said here				again		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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