Test 5 · ★ · Funerals and remembering
Dad on the phone: "We're scattering his ashes on the beach where he fished." What happened before?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: scatter, fish, happen · To what, where: ashes, beach
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Dad on the phone: "We're scattering his ashes on the beach where he fished."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scattering | 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 Dad | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 scattering | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 scattering | punct |
| 7 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 scattering | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 scattering | aux |
| 9 | scattering | scatter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ashes | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 scattering | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 beach | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 beach | det |
| 14 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 scattering | obl |
| 15 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 fished | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fished | nsubj |
| 17 | fished | fish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 beach | acl:relcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 scattering | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 scattering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scatter in a quote | present · progressive | Dad on the phone | Dad's ashes | the beach | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme on beach=Destination | |||
| 2 | fish in a quote | past | Dad | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=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: What happened before?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | before | before | ADV | _ | 2 happened | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | before property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His body was buried
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buried | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 buried | aux:pass |
| 4 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | past · passive | His body | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
He moved house to the seaside
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 | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 seaside | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 seaside | det |
| 6 | seaside | seaside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | He | house | the seaside | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent house=Theme to seaside=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
His body was cremated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 body | nmod:poss |
| 2 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cremated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cremated | aux:pass |
| 4 | cremated | cremate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cremate | past · passive | His body | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 4
He went to the beach to fish
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 | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 beach | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 beach | det |
| 5 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fish | case |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | fish | the beach | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to beach=Initial_Location to fish=Destination |
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