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Test 7 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

Your sister: "Crying at a sad film is so embarrassing." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, you · What happens: be, put · To what, where: her

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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: Your sister: "Crying at a sad film is so embarrassing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 embarrassing	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Crying	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Crying	punct
5	Crying	cry	NOUN	_	2 sister	appos
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 film	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 film	det
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 film	amod
9	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Crying	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 embarrassing	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 embarrassing	advmod
12	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 embarrassing	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 embarrassing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Your sister					embarrassing 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: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		her = she			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Crying at films is bad for your eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 bad	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 films	case
3	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crying	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bad	cop
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 eyes	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 eyes	nmod:poss
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund				films			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location
2	is	present	Crying					for your eyes; bad property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Crying at a sad film is normal, even for grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 normal	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 film	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 film	det
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 film	amod
5	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crying	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 normal	cop
7	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ups	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	13 ups	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 ups	case
11	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 ups	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 grown	punct
13	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 normal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund				a sad film			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location
2	is	present	Crying					for grown ups; normal property	tree rules
3	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Crying means you didn't understand the film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 understand	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 understand	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 understand	advmod
6	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 film	det
8	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 understand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not understand	past · do-support	you	the film					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer film=Stimulus

Option 4

Only babies cry at sad films, so she's right to say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 babies	advmod
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cry	nsubj
3	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 films	case
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 films	amod
6	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cry	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 right	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 right	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cry	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 say	mark
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 right	csubj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	babies			sad films			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at film=Location
2	is	present	she					right property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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