Test 2 · ★ · What people leave behind
Your brother says "When Grandma made a will she was planning to die soon." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Grandma, you · What happens: say, make, plan, die, put · To what, where: brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your brother says "When Grandma made a will she was planning to die soon."
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 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 5 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 made | advmod |
| 6 | Grandma | Grandma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 made | nsubj |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 planning | det |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 planning | aux |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 planning | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 planning | aux |
| 12 | planning | plan | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 made | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 die | mark |
| 14 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 planning | xcomp |
| 15 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 die | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | past | Grandma | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | plan in a quote | future · progressive | Grandma | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | die not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Grandma not said here | soon property | 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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, people write wills while healthy so things are sorted later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 people | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | nsubj |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | wills | will | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | obj |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 7 healthy | mark |
| 7 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 write | advcl |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 11 sorted | mark |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sorted | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sorted | aux:pass |
| 11 | sorted | sort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 write | advcl |
| 12 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 sorted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | people | wills | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent will=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort | present · passive | things | late property | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, a will makes a person die sooner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 makes | det |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 makes | aux |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 8 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 makes | xcomp |
| 9 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 die | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | a person | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | infinitive | a person not said here | soon property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
No, wills are only written by doctors
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 written | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | wills | will | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 written | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 written | aux:pass |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 written | advmod |
| 6 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 doctors | case |
| 8 | doctors | doctor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 written | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | doctors | wills | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, people only write a will in the very last week before they die
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 write | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 write | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 write | advmod |
| 5 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 will | det |
| 7 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 write | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 last | advmod |
| 11 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 write | obl |
| 13 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 15 die | mark |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 die | nsubj |
| 15 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 write | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | people | week | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | die | present | people | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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