Test 5 · ★★ · When someone dies
Six months on, Mum suddenly cries in the supermarket when Nan's favourite song comes on. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, favourite song, Nan · What happens: cry, come on, sing · To what, where: supermarket
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Six months on, Mum suddenly cries in the supermarket when Nan's favourite song comes on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 on | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 7 cries | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 on | punct |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | nsubj |
| 6 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 7 cries | advmod |
| 7 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 supermarket | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 supermarket | det |
| 10 | supermarket | supermarket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | obl |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 comes | mark |
| 12 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 song | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Nan | case |
| 14 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 song | amod |
| 15 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 comes | nsubj |
| 16 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 cries | advcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADV | _ | 16 comes | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | Mum | the supermarket | suddenly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in supermarket=Location | |||
| 2 | come on | present | Nan's favourite song | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | sing | Nan | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She is upset about the price of the shopping
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 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 upset | cop |
| 3 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 price | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 price | det |
| 6 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 upset | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 shopping | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 shopping | det |
| 9 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 price | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | about the price of the shopping; upset property | tree rules |
Option 2
She has hurt herself on the trolley
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 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 hurt | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 trolley | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trolley | det |
| 7 | trolley | trolley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · perfect | She | herself = she | the trolley | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Patient |
Option 3
Six months on, she should be completely over it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 months | nummod |
| 2 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 completely | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 months | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 months | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 completely | nsubj |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 completely | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 completely | cop |
| 8 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 completely | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | she | it | month | completely property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Grief comes in waves and a song can bring it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 waves | case |
| 4 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 comes | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bring | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 song | det |
| 7 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bring | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 bring | aux |
| 9 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 comes | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bring | obj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 bring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Grief | waves | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wave=Location | ||||
| 2 | bring back | can | a song | Grief | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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