Test 7 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…
Grandad: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.» What's the right reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, cancer, Grandad, right reply · What happens: have, reckon, be, hide · To what, where: cancer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «The King's had cancer — I reckon it's really bad, he's hiding it.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 cancer | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 cancer | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 cancer | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 cancer | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 King | case |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 cancer | amod |
| 8 | cancer | cancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 reckon | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 reckon | nsubj |
| 11 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cancer | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 bad | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 bad | cop |
| 14 | really | really | ADV | _ | 15 bad | advmod |
| 15 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 reckon | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 hiding | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 hiding | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 hiding | aux |
| 19 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 reckon | advcl |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 hiding | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 cancer | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 cancer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have in a quote | participle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | reckon in a quote | present | I | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | cancer | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | hide in a quote | present · progressive | Grandad | cancer | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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's the right reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
We know what was announced; guessing more isn't okay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 know | nsubj |
| 2 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 announced | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 announced | aux:pass |
| 5 | announced | announce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 know | ccomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 guessing | punct |
| 7 | guessing | guess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 know | conj |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 okay | advmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 okay | cop |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 okay | advmod |
| 11 | okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 guessing | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | We | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | announce speech: other | past · passive | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | guess | gerund | We not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is | present | okay property | tree rules |
Option 2
He's right, they always hide the bad news from the public
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hide | punct |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hide | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 hide | advmod |
| 7 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 news | det |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 news | amod |
| 10 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 public | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 public | det |
| 13 | public | public | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | they | the bad news | the public | always property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent news=Patient from public=Beneficiary |
Option 3
We should ask the hospital to tell us
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 ask | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 ask | aux |
| 3 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hospital | det |
| 5 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ask | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 tell | mark |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ask | xcomp |
| 8 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | iobj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | should | We | the hospital | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent hospital=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert not said to happen | to-infinitive | the hospital not said here | us | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient |
Option 4
The King must be dying, they said so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 dying | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dying | aux |
| 5 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 King | acl:relcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | must · progressive | the King not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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