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Test 12 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

Mum on the phone: "He's going in next to his mum, at St Mary's." What does this mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, this · What happens: go in, mean

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 25 «Funerals and remembering» 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: Mum on the phone: "He's going in next to his mum, at St Mary's."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 going	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct
7	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 going	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 going	aux
9	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 going	advmod
11	next	next	ADV	_	9 going	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 mum	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 next	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 Mary	punct
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 Mary	case
17	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Mary	compound
18	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 going	parataxis
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Mary	case
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 Mary	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in in a quote	present · progressive	Mum on the phone					next property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What does this mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	this						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is moving into his mother's house next door to the church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 moving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	aux
3	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	8 house	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mother	nmod:poss
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 house	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mother	case
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 door	amod
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 church	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 church	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	He	next door		his mother's house		to the church	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Theme into house=Source to church=Trajectory

Option 2

He is going to visit his mother in hospital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 visit	mark
5	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 going	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visit	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 hospital	case
9	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 visit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	He						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	visit	to-infinitive	He not said here	his mother		hospital			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Co-Agent

Option 3

He is going to the church to sing in the choir

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 sing	mark
8	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 going	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 choir	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 choir	det
11	choir	choir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	He			the church			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial_Location
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	He not said here			the choir			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in choir=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He will be buried beside his mother at St Mary's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buried	nsubj:pass
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 buried	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 buried	aux:pass
4	buried	bury	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buried	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 Mary	case
9	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Mary	compound
10	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mother	nmod
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Mary	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bury	future · passive		He				beside his mother at St Mary	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme beside mother=Destination

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