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Test 8 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them

Teacher in class: "You might have heard about the war. Here's a map, and here are the facts." At home Dad says, "Don't you worry." Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, map, Dad · What happens: hear, be, say, not worry · To what, where: home · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Teacher in class: "You might have heard about the war.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 class	case
3	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Teacher	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 heard	aux
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Teacher	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 war	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 war	det
12	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear in a quote	might · perfect	You					about the war	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about war=Stimulus

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: Here's a map, and here are the facts."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Here	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 map	det
4	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Here	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 here	cc
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Here	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Here	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Here	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct

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

Sentence 3: At home Dad says, "Don't you worry."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 home	case
2	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obl
3	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worry	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 worry	punct
7	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 worry	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 worry	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 worry	nsubj
10	worry	worry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 worry	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Dad			home			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not worry in a quote	infinitive · do-support	you						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 4: Which is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	is	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	_	3 right	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only Dad; the teacher shouldn't talk about it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Dad	advmod
2	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 talk	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 talk	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talk	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 talk	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 talk	advmod
8	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not talk	should	Dad					about teacher	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Both; facts and comfort fit together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	3 facts	det
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 facts	punct
3	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fit	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 comfort	cc
5	comfort	comfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 facts	conj
6	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 fit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit together	present	both facts and comfort					together property	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only the teacher; Dad doesn't really know

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 teacher	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 teacher	punct
5	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	conj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 know	advmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	present · do-support	the teacher and Dad						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Neither; nobody should ever mention wars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	ADV	_	6 mention	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 mention	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mention	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 mention	advmod
6	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	wars	war	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mention	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	should	nobody	wars			ever	neither property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent war=Topic

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