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Test 11 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them

Theo's friend: "You didn't cry when that actor died?? that's so heartless." Is Theo heartless?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, actor, that · What happens: not cry, die, be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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: Theo's friend: "You didn't cry when that actor died?? that's so heartless."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 friend	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Theo	case
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 friend	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 cry	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cry	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cry	advmod
9	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 friend	appos
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 died	mark
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 actor	det
12	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 died	nsubj
13	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 cry	advcl
14	??	??	PUNCT	_	18 heartless	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 heartless	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 heartless	cop
17	so	so	ADV	_	18 heartless	advmod
18	heartless	heartless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cry	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express in a quote	past · do-support	You						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	die in a quote	past	that actor						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is in a quote	present	that					heartless property	tree rules

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: Is Theo heartless?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 heartless	cop
2	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 heartless	compound
3	heartless	heartless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 heartless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						heartless property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No, because the actor didn't really die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 die	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 die	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 die	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 actor	det
5	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 die	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 die	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 die	advmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 die	advmod
9	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not die	past · do-support	the actor						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No; it's normal not to feel sad about someone you never knew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 normal	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 normal	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 normal	cop
5	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 feel	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 feel	mark
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 normal	csubj
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 feel	obl
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 knew	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 knew	advmod
14	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 someone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					normal property	tree rules
2	not feel	to-infinitive						about someone; sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	not know	past	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Yes; he should pretend to cry tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 pretend	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pretend	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pretend	aux
5	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cry	mark
7	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pretend	xcomp
8	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	should	he						tree rules
2	cry speech: express	to-infinitive	he not said here				tomorrow		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes; everyone must grieve for every famous person, whether they knew them or not

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 grieve	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 grieve	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 grieve	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grieve	aux
5	grieve	grieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 person	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 person	det
8	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 person	amod
9	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grieve	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 knew	punct
11	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 knew	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 knew	nsubj
13	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 grieve	parataxis
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 knew	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 not	cc
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 knew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	must	everyone					for every famous person	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	know	past	they	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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