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Test 1 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

Grandad: «Queen's death certificate said 'old age'. 96, she'd done her bit.» What should you do with other rumours about how she died?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Queen, certificate, you · What happens: say, certificate, do, die · To what, where: old age, bit, other rumours · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» 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: Grandad: «Queen's death certificate said 'old age'.

nsubjpunctpunctnmod:posscasecompoundnsubjpunctamodobjpunctpunctrootGrandadPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTQueenPROPN'sPARTdeathNOUNcertificateNOUNsaidVERB'PUNCToldADJageNOUN'PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing8 saidnsubj
2::PUNCT_1 Grandadpunct
3««PUNCT_8 saidpunct
4QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing7 certificatenmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 Queencase
6deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing7 certificatecompound
7certificatecertificateNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidnsubj
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9''PUNCT_11 agepunct
10oldoldADJDegree=Pos11 ageamod
11ageageNOUNNumber=Sing8 saidobj
12''PUNCT_11 agepunct
13..PUNCT_8 saidpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assert in a quotepastGrandadold agevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent age=Topic
2certificate in a quoteQueennom certificate «communication transitive»: poss=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: 96, she'd done her bit.»

punctnsubjauxparataxisnmod:possobjpunctpunctroot96NUM,PUNCTshePRON'dAUXdoneVERBherPRONbitNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
19696NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Cardrootroot
2,,PUNCT_5 donepunct
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 donensubj
4'dhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 doneaux
5donedoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part1 96parataxis
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 bitnmod:poss
7bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing5 doneobj
8..PUNCT_5 donepunct
9»»PUNCT_1 96punct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopast · perfectcertificatecertificate's bitvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Eventuality

Sentence 3: What should you do with other rumours about how she died?

objauxnsubjcaseamodobjmarkadvmodnsubjadvclpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXyouPRONdoVERBwithADPotherADJrumoursNOUNaboutSCONJhowADVshePRONdiedVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 doaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 donsubj
4dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5withwithADP_7 rumourscase
6otherotherADJDegree=Pos7 rumoursamod
7rumoursrumourNOUNNumber=Plur4 doobj
8aboutaboutSCONJ_11 diedmark
9howhowADVPronType=Int11 diedadvmod
10sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 diednsubj
11dieddieVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 rumoursadvcl
12??PUNCT_4 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldyouother rumourstree rules
2diepastcertificatevn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Share them all, because some of them might be true

objnmod:unmarkedpunctmarknsubjcasenmodauxcopparataxisrootShareVERBthemPRONallDET,PUNCTbecauseSCONJsomeDETofADPthemPRONmightAUXbeAUXtrueADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShareshareVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Shareobj
3allallDETPronType=Tot2 themnmod:unmarked
4,,PUNCT_11 truepunct
5becausebecauseSCONJ_11 truemark
6somesomeDETPronType=Ind11 truensubj
7ofofADP_8 themcase
8themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 somenmod
9mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin11 trueaux
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf11 truecop
11truetrueADJDegree=Pos1 Shareparataxis
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1shareimperativeyou not said herethem = theytree rules
2ismightsometrue propertytree rules

Option 2

Believe the ones with the most likes

detobjcasedetadvmodoblrootBelieveVERBtheDETonesNOUNwithADPtheDETmostADVlikesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BelievebelieveVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 onesdet
3onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur1 Believeobj
4withwithADP_7 likescase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 likesdet
6mostmostADVDegree=Sup7 likesadvmod
7likeslikeNOUNNumber=Plur1 Believeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1believeimperativeyou not said herethe oneswith the likesvn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Trust the official record, not the rumours

detamodobjpunctadvmoddetnmodrootTrustVERBtheDETofficialADJrecordNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTtheDETrumoursNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TrusttrustVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 recorddet
3officialofficialADJDegree=Pos4 recordamod
4recordrecordNOUNNumber=Sing1 Trustobj
5,,PUNCT_8 rumourspunct
6notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 rumoursadvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 rumoursdet
8rumoursrumourNOUNNumber=Plur4 recordnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1trustimperativeyou not said herethe official record the rumoursvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme

Option 4

Ask the family what really happened

detobjnsubjadvmodccomprootAskVERBtheDETfamilyNOUNwhatPRONreallyADVhappenedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AskaskVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 familydet
3familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing1 Askobj
4whatwhatPRONPronType=Int6 happenednsubj
5reallyreallyADV_6 happenedadvmod
6happenedhappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Askccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askimperativeyou not said herethe familyvn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent family=Recipient clause=Topic
2happenpastvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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