Test 2 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them Gran's on the phone: "...and the poor little ones, sleeping in a school hall, it breaks my heart." Ollie can't eat his tea. What does Gran say next that helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: poor little ones, hall, Ollie, Gran, that · What happens: sleep, break, not eat, say, help · To what, where: school hall, heart, tea · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Gran's on the phone: "...and the poor little ones, sleeping in a school hall, it breaks my heart."
nmod:poss case case det punct punct punct cc det amod amod conj punct acl case det compound obl punct nsubj conj nmod:poss obj punct punct root Gran PROPN 's PART on ADP the DET phone NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT ... PUNCT and CCONJ the DET poor ADJ little ADJ ones NOUN , PUNCT sleeping VERB in ADP a DET school NOUN hall NOUN , PUNCT it PRON breaks VERB my PRON heart NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 5 phone nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Gran case 3 on on ADP _ 5 phone case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 phone det 5 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 : : PUNCT _ 13 ones punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 13 ones punct 8 ... ... PUNCT _ 13 ones punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 13 ones cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 ones det 11 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 13 ones amod 12 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 13 ones amod 13 ones one NOUN Number=Plur 5 phone conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 sleeping punct 15 sleeping sleep VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 13 ones acl 16 in in ADP _ 19 hall case 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 hall det 18 school school NOUN Number=Sing 19 hall compound 19 hall hall NOUN Number=Sing 15 sleeping obl 20 , , PUNCT _ 22 breaks punct 21 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 breaks nsubj 22 breaks break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 phone conj 23 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 24 heart nmod:poss 24 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 22 breaks obj 25 . . PUNCT _ 5 phone punct 26 " " PUNCT _ 5 phone punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sleep in a quote gerund the poor little ones not said here a school hall vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hall=Location 2 break in a quote present hall my heart vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=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: Ollie can't eat his tea.
nsubj aux advmod nmod:poss obj punct root Ollie PROPN ca AUX n't PART eat VERB his PRON tea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN Number=Sing 4 eat nsubj 2 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 eat aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 eat advmod 4 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 tea nmod:poss 6 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 4 eat obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 eat punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not eat can Ollie Ollie's tea vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient
Sentence 3: What does Gran say next that helps?
obj aux nsubj amod nsubj ccomp punct root What PRON does AUX Gran PROPN say VERB next ADJ that PRON helps VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 7 helps amod 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 helps nsubj 7 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · do-support Gran tree rules 2 help present that vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Hide your tea so nobody feels guilty
nmod:poss obj mark nsubj advcl xcomp root Hide VERB your PRON tea NOUN so SCONJ nobody PRON feels VERB guilty ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 tea nmod:poss 3 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hide obj 4 so so SCONJ _ 6 feels mark 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 feels nsubj 6 feels feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Hide advcl 7 guilty guilty ADJ Degree=Pos 6 feels xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide imperative you not said here your tea vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient 2 feel present nobody guilty property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 Eat up your tea now, because those children far away don't really matter
The tree, 14 words compound:prt nmod:poss obj advmod punct mark det nsubj advmod advmod aux advmod advmod parataxis root Eat VERB up ADP your PRON tea NOUN now ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ those DET children NOUN far ADV away ADV do AUX n't PART really ADV matter VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Eat eat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 up up ADP _ 1 Eat compound:prt 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 tea nmod:poss 4 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 1 Eat obj 5 now now ADV PronType=Dem 1 Eat advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 15 matter punct 7 because because SCONJ _ 15 matter mark 8 those that DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 9 children det 9 children child NOUN Number=Plur 15 matter nsubj 10 far far ADV Degree=Pos 11 away advmod 11 away away ADV _ 9 children advmod 12 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 matter aux 13 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 15 matter advmod 14 really really ADV _ 15 matter advmod 15 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Eat parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat up imperative you not said here your tea now vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient 2 not matter present · do-support that children vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 Stop feeling anything about it at once
xcomp obj case nmod case obl root Stop VERB feeling VERB anything PRON about ADP it PRON at ADP once ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 feeling feel VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 feeling obj 4 about about ADP _ 5 it case 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 anything nmod 6 at at ADP _ 7 once case 7 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 2 feeling obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 feel gerund you not said here anything about it vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anything=Theme at once=Location
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Feeling sorry shows a kind heart; we'll give to Friday's collection
csubj xcomp det amod obj punct nsubj aux parataxis case nmod:poss case obl root Feeling VERB sorry ADJ shows VERB a DET kind ADJ heart NOUN ; PUNCT we PRON 'll AUX give VERB to ADP Friday PROPN 's PART collection NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Feeling feel VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 shows csubj 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Feeling xcomp 3 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 heart det 5 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 6 heart amod 6 heart heart NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows obj 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 give punct 8 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 give nsubj 9 'll will AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 give aux 10 give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 shows parataxis 11 to to ADP _ 14 collection case 12 Friday Friday PROPN Number=Sing 14 collection nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 Friday case 14 collection collection NOUN Number=Sing 10 give obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel gerund sorry property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus 2 show present Feeling a kind heart vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent heart=Recipient 3 give future we Friday's collection vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to collection=Recipient
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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