Test 4 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

Your sister asks, "What's in that box at the front, is Nan in there?" What is the honest answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, honest answer · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: box, Nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your sister asks, "What's in that box at the front, is Nan in there?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 box	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 box	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 box	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 box	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 box	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 box	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 front	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 front	det
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 box	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Nan	punct
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 Nan	cop
16	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asks	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	18 there	case
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 asks	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Your sister				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present			that box	at the front	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present		Nan			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 honest 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	honest	honest	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 honest answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, and Nan is asleep inside it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 asleep	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asleep	cc
4	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 asleep	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asleep	obl

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

Option 2

No, it is a box of Nan's old clothes for charity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 box	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 box	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 box	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 clothes	case
8	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 clothes	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Nan	case
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 clothes	amod
11	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 box	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 charity	case
13	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 clothes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a box				of Nan's old clothes for charity	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, it is the coffin and Nan's body is inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 coffin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 coffin	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coffin	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coffin	det
6	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 body	cc
8	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 body	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Nan	case
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coffin	conj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 inside	cop
12	inside	inside	ADV	_	6 coffin	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the coffin and Nan's body					tree rules
2	is	present						inside property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No, it is a box of flowers for the grave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 box	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 box	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 box	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 box	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 grave	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grave	det
11	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flowers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a box				of flowers for the grave	tree rules

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