Test 9 · ★ · Funerals and remembering

You want to write in a sympathy card to your friend whose mum died. Which is best?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, mum · What happens: want, write, die, be · To what, where: friend, sympathy card

This is test 9 · ★ 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: You want to write in a sympathy card to your friend whose mum died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 write	mark
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 want	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 card	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 card	det
7	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 card	compound
8	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 friend	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friend	nmod:poss
11	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	obl
12	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 died	nsubj
14	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 friend	acl:relcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	roles by
1	want	present	You			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	write not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here	your friend	a sympathy card	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient
3	die	past	mum			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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: Which is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

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

The options

Option 1

"Cheer up, at least you have your dad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Cheer	punct
2	Cheer	cheer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Cheer	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 have	punct
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 least	case
6	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 have	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Cheer	conj
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Cheer	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Cheer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer up in a quote	imperative	you not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	have in a quote	present	you	your dad		least			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Patient

Option 2

"Everybody dies, so it's not a big deal."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dies	punct
2	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 dies	nsubj
3	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 deal	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	11 deal	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 deal	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 deal	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 deal	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 deal	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 deal	amod
11	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dies	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dies	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die in a quote	present	Everybody						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	not is a in a quote	present	it	a big deal					tree rules

Option 3

"Can I have her old bike now?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
2	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	obj
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bike	amod
7	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 have	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	can	I	her = she			now		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"I'm sorry your mum died. She was kind."

Sentence 1: "I'm sorry your mum died.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sorry	nsubj
3	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	cop
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sorry	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					sorry property	tree rules
2	die in a quote	past	your mum						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Sentence 2: She was kind."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	mum					kind property	tree rules

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