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Test 9 · ★ · What people leave behind

Gossip at the school gate: "Poor thing lost her husband, but at least there was insurance, so they keep the house." What does the insurance do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gossip, insurance, they · What happens: lose, be, keep, do · To what, where: husband, least, house

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Gossip at the school gate: "Poor thing lost her husband, but at least there was insurance, so they keep the house."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gate	compound
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gossip	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
8	Poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	nsubj
10	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 husband	nmod:poss
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lost	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 was	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 was	cc
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 least	case
16	least	least	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 was	obl
17	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	18 was	expl
18	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	parataxis
19	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 was	nsubj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 keep	punct
21	so	so	ADV	_	23 keep	advmod
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 keep	nsubj
23	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lost	advcl
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 house	det
25	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 keep	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose in a quote	past	Gossip at the school gate	thing's husband					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality
2	be in a quote	past	insurance			least; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at least=Location
3	keep in a quote	present	they	the house					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

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 does the insurance do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 insurance	det
4	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	the insurance						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It pays for a long holiday abroad so she can forget about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pays	nsubj
2	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 holiday	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 holiday	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 holiday	amod
6	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pays	obl
7	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	2 pays	advmod
8	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 forget	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forget	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 forget	aux
11	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pays	advcl
12	about	about	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 forget	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	It					for a long holiday; abroad property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for holiday=Theme
2	forget	can	she					about holiday	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It pays money so the family can keep their home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pays	nsubj
2	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pays	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 keep	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 family	det
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 keep	aux
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pays	advcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	It	money					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
2	keep	can	the family	their home					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 3

It brings her husband back to life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 brings	nsubj
2	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	2 brings	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 life	case
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring back	present	It	her husband		life			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent husband=Theme to life=Destination

Option 4

It means the death was not real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 death	det
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 real	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 real	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 real	advmod
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	past	the death					real property	tree rules

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