Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying
Gossip: "Old Fred? Six feet under since March, mate." What do you learn about Fred?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: learn
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms 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: Gossip: "Old Fred?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Fred | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Fred | punct |
| 4 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 Fred | amod |
| 5 | Fred | Fred | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Gossip | appos |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gossip | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Six feet under since March, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 feet | nummod |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 March | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 March | case |
| 4 | since | since | ADP | _ | 5 March | case |
| 5 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 March | vocative |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 March | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 March | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What do you learn about Fred?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 learn | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 Fred | case |
| 6 | Fred | Fred | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 learn | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present · do-support | you | about Fred | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He died and was buried in March
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 | 2 died | nsubj |
| 2 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 buried | cc |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 buried | aux:pass |
| 5 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 died | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 March | case |
| 7 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past | He | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | bury | past · passive | He not said here | march | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» |
Option 2
He moved to a small flat in March
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 | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 flat | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flat | det |
| 5 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 flat | amod |
| 6 | flat | flat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 March | case |
| 8 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | He | a small flat | march | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to flat=Trajectory |
Option 3
He went to live underground in March
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 | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 went | xcomp |
| 5 | underground | underground | ADV | _ | 4 live | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 March | case |
| 7 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | He not said here | march | underground property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He fell into a hole in March
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 | 2 fell | nsubj |
| 2 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 hole | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hole | det |
| 5 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fell | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 March | case |
| 7 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hole | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | He | into a hole in March result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hole=Result |
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