Test 4 · ★★ · When someone dies
Dad, wiping his eyes: "Sorry, mate, don't mind me, I'm being soft." What is the kind answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, I, kind answer · What happens: wipe, not mind, be · To what, where: eyes, me
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Dad, wiping his eyes: "Sorry, mate, don't mind me, I'm being soft."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mind | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 wiping | punct |
| 3 | wiping | wipe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Dad | acl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wiping | obj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 mind | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Sorry | punct |
| 8 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 14 mind | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Sorry | vocative |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Sorry | punct |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 mind | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 mind | advmod |
| 14 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 mind | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 soft | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 soft | nsubj |
| 18 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 soft | cop |
| 19 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 soft | cop |
| 20 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mind | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 mind | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 mind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe | gerund | Dad not said here | Dad's eyes | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent eye=Source | ||||
| 2 | not mind in a quote | infinitive · do-support | Dad | me | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | soft 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: What is the kind answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kind answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
"Go away until you've finished"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| 2 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 Go | advmod |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 finished | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 finished | nsubj |
| 6 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 finished | aux |
| 7 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 Go | advcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go away in a quote | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish in a quote | present · perfect | you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
"It's OK to cry, Dad"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 OK | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 OK | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 OK | cop |
| 4 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 cry | mark |
| 6 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 OK | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Dad | punct |
| 8 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 OK | vocative |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 OK | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | It | Dad vocative; ok property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | to-infinitive | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
"Grown-ups aren't allowed to cry"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 allowed | punct |
| 2 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 allowed | advmod |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 cry | mark |
| 9 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 allowed | xcomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 allowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow in a quote | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not allow in a quote | present · passive | Grown ups | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | cry speech: express not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Grown ups not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
"Stop it, you're embarrassing me"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stop | punct |
| 2 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 Stop | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 embarrassing | punct |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 embarrassing | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 embarrassing | aux |
| 7 | embarrassing | embarrass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 Stop | advcl |
| 8 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 embarrassing | obj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop in a quote | imperative | you not said here | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | embarrass in a quote | present · progressive | you | me | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
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