Test 7 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

Gran at the churchyard: "Hello, love, the roses are out again." Who is she talking to?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: roses, Gran · What happens: be, talk

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Gran at the churchyard: "Hello, love, the roses are out again."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 churchyard	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 churchyard	det
4	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Hello	punct
7	Hello	hello	INTJ	_	9 love	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
9	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 out	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 roses	det
12	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 out	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 out	cop
14	out	out	ADV	_	9 love	parataxis
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 out	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 love	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the roses				again	out property	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: Who is she talking to?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 talking	obl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 talking	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talking	nsubj
4	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	4 talking	fixed
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 talking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present · progressive	Gran						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

Grandad, at his grave, which is a normal thing to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grave	punct
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 grave	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 grave	nmod:poss
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grandad	appos
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 thing	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 thing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thing	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
10	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 thing	amod
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grave	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Grandad's grave and a normal thing	a normal thing					tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nobody, she is confused and does not know where she is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 confused	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nobody	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 confused	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 confused	cop
5	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 know	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 confused	conj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 know	ccomp
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 where	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Nobody	confused property	tree rules
2	not know	present · do-support	Nobody not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	present	she	where property	tree rules

Option 3

A gardener working in the churchyard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gardener	det
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 gardener	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 churchyard	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 churchyard	det
6	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund	a gardener not said here					in the churchyard	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in churchyard=Theme

Option 4

A neighbour hiding behind the headstone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 neighbour	det
2	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 neighbour	acl
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 headstone	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 headstone	det
6	headstone	headstone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hiding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund	a neighbour not said here			the headstone			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind headstone=Location

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