Test 10 · ★ · Big feelings in big people
Mum is sobbing at the end of a wedding video and smiling at the same time. Should you worry?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mum, you · What happens: sob, smile, worry · To what, where: end
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 36 «Big feelings in big people» 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 is sobbing at the end of a wedding video and smiling at the same time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sobbing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sobbing | aux |
| 3 | sobbing | sob | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 end | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 end | det |
| 6 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sobbing | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 video | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 video | det |
| 9 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 video | compound |
| 10 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 end | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 smiling | cc |
| 12 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sobbing | conj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 time | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 time | det |
| 15 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 time | amod |
| 16 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 smiling | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sobbing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sob | present · progressive | Mum | at the end of a wedding video | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | smile | gerund | Mum not said here | time | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Should you worry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 worry | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 worry | nsubj |
| 3 | worry | worry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 worry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worry | should | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1
Yes, she hates weddings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 hates | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hates | nsubj |
| 4 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | weddings | wedding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | she | weddings | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wedding=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, they are happy tears and will pass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 tears | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 tears | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tears | cop |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tears | amod |
| 6 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 pass | cc |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 pass | aux |
| 9 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 tears | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | happy tears | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pass | future | they not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, she must be very ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 ill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ill | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ill | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ill | cop |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 ill | advmod |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | must | she | ill property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
No, she is only pretending to cry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 pretending | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pretending | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pretending | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 pretending | advmod |
| 6 | pretending | pretend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 cry | mark |
| 8 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 pretending | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | present · progressive | she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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