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Test 6 · ★★ · When someone dies

At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!" Why is she upset?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Auntie, she · What happens: snap, do, be · To what, where: wake, you, least, sixty · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: At the wake, Auntie snaps, "Don't you 'at least' me, he was only sixty!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 wake	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wake	det
3	wake	wake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 snaps	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 wake	punct
5	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 snaps	nsubj
6	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Do	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Do	punct
9	Do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 snaps	ccomp
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 you	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 Do	obl
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 Do	punct
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 least	case
14	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 Do	obl
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 me	punct
16	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 least	parataxis
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sixty	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 sixty	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 sixty	cop
20	only	only	ADV	_	21 sixty	advmod
21	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 snaps	obl
22	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 snaps	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	present	Auntie			the wake			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do in a quote	infinitive	Auntie not said here	you		least			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	Auntie	sixty					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: Why is she upset?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 upset	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 upset	cop
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 upset	nsubj
4	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					upset property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"At least" can feel like her sadness is being made smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 feel	punct
2	At	at	ADP	_	3 least	case
3	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 feel	obl
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 least	punct
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 feel	aux
6	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	like	like	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sadness	nmod:poss
9	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 feel	advcl
13	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	can				least			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent at least=Location
2	make	present · passive		her sadness				small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

She thinks sixty is too young to retire

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	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 young	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 young	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 young	advmod
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 retire	mark
8	retire	retire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 young	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	sixty					young property	tree rules
3	retire	to-infinitive	sixty not said here						vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She is cross that someone is wearing the wrong colour

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 cross	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wearing	mark
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 wearing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	aux
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cross	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 colour	det
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colour	amod
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					cross property	tree rules
2	wear	present · progressive	someone	the wrong colour					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent colour=Source

Option 4

She does not like the food at the wake

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	4 like	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 wake	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wake	det
9	wake	wake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	She	the food		the wake			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

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