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Test 9 · ★★ · When someone dies

Dad laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant." Why is so much food arriving?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, one more lasagne, we, much food · What happens: laugh, come, have, open, be · To what, where: door, restaurant · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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 laughs tiredly, "If one more lasagne comes through that door, we'll have to open a restaurant."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughs	nsubj
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tiredly	tiredly	ADV	_	2 laughs	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 have	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 have	punct
6	If	if	SCONJ	_	10 comes	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 lasagne	nummod
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 lasagne	amod
9	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 have	advcl
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 door	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 door	det
13	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 comes	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 have	nsubj
16	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 have	aux
17	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 laughs	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 open	mark
19	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 have	xcomp
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 restaurant	det
21	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 open	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 laughs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present	Dad					tiredly property	tree rules
2	come a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	one more lasagne			that door			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial_Location
3	have in a quote	future	we						tree rules
4	open in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here	a restaurant					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location restaurant=Theme

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 so much food arriving?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 arriving	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 arriving	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 much	advmod
4	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 food	amod
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arriving	nsubj
6	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 arriving	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Dad has started a business selling lasagne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 started	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 started	aux
3	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 business	det
5	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 started	obj
6	selling	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 business	acl
7	lasagne	lasagne	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 selling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	present · perfect	Dad	a business					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality
2	sell	gerund	a business not said here	lasagne					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lasagne=Theme

Option 2

The family is having a big birthday party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 having	aux
4	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 party	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 party	amod
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 party	compound
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 having	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present · progressive	the family	a big birthday party					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

People bring food to a grieving family to show they care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bring	nsubj
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 family	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 family	det
6	grieving	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 family	amod
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 show	mark
9	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bring	advcl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 care	nsubj
11	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	People	food		a grieving family			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent food=Theme to family=Destination
2	grieve	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	show	to-infinitive	People not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	care	present	People						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

The neighbours want to empty their own freezers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 empty	mark
5	empty	empty	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 want	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 freezers	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 freezers	amod
8	freezers	freezer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 empty	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the neighbours						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	empty not said to happen	to-infinitive	the neighbours not said here	neighbours's own freezers					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent freezer=Source

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