Test 11 · ★ · What people leave behind

Mum, tired: "Probate, the will, the house, the bank, I'm sick of forms." What is the best way to help?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, best way · What happens: be, help

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 26 «What people leave behind» 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, tired: "Probate, the will, the house, the bank, I'm sick of forms."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct
3	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Probate	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Probate	punct
6	Probate	probate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tired	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 will	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 will	det
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 Probate	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 house	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Probate	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bank	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bank	det
15	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Probate	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sick	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 sick	nsubj
18	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 sick	cop
19	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tired	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 forms	case
21	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 sick	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					of forms; sick 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: What is the best way to help?

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 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	help	to-infinitive	the best way not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Be kind and give her a hug or a cup of tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 kind	cop
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 give	cc
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 kind	conj
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 give	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hug	det
7	hug	hug	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 cup	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hug	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tea	case
12	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cup	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					kind property	tree rules
2	give	infinitive	you not said here	a hug or a cup of tea	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient hug=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Tell her the forms are her own fault for not starting sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fault	csubj
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 forms	det
4	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fault	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fault	cop
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fault	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fault	amod
8	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 starting	mark
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 starting	advmod
11	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 fault	advcl
12	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 starting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive			her = she		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is a	present	the forms	her own fault			tree rules
3	not start	gerund	the forms not said here			soon property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Hide the forms so she cannot find them later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 forms	det
3	forms	form	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 find	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 find	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 find	advmod
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hide	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 find	obj
10	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	the forms					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient
2	not find	can	she	forms = form				late property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 4

Ask her to fill in your school forms while she's at it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 forms	advcl
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fill	mark
4	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 fill	compound:prt
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 school	nmod:poss
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fill	obj
8	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 it	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 it	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forms	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	infinitive			her = she		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fill in not said to happen	to-infinitive		your school			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent school=Patient
3	form	present					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	she			school	tree rules

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