Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying Ben's friend says "the late Mr Hill built this school". Ben says "so he's always late?" What should you tell Ben?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, late Mr Hill, Ben, you · What happens: say, build, be, tell · To what, where: school, Ben · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ben's friend says "the late Mr Hill built this school".
nmod:poss case nsubj punct det amod compound nsubj ccomp det obj punct punct root Ben PROPN 's PART friend NOUN says VERB " PUNCT the DET late ADJ Mr PROPN Hill PROPN built VERB this DET school NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 3 friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Ben case 3 friend friend 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 built punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Hill det 7 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 9 Hill amod 8 Mr Mr PROPN Number=Sing 9 Hill compound 9 Hill Hill PROPN Number=Sing 10 built nsubj 10 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 11 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 school det 12 school school NOUN Number=Sing 10 built obj 13 " " PUNCT _ 10 built punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Ben's friend vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 build in a quote past the late Mr Hill this school vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Product
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: Ben says "so he's always late?"
nsubj punct advmod nsubj cop advmod ccomp punct punct root Ben PROPN says VERB " PUNCT so ADV he PRON 's AUX always ADV late ADJ ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 8 late punct 4 so so ADV _ 8 late advmod 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 late nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 late cop 7 always always ADV PronType=Tot 8 late advmod 8 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 late punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 8 late punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Ben vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present Ben always, late property tree rules
Sentence 3: What should you tell Ben?
obj aux nsubj iobj punct root What PRON should AUX you PRON tell VERB Ben PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 tell obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 tell nsubj 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 Ben Ben PROPN Number=Sing 4 tell iobj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert should you Ben vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ben=Recipient what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes, he was never on time
discourse punct nsubj cop advmod case root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON was AUX never ADV on ADP time NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 7 time discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 time nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 time cop 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 time advmod 6 on on ADP _ 7 time case 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is past he on time tree rules
Option 2 No, it means he built it late at night
discourse punct nsubj nsubj ccomp obj advmod case obl root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB he PRON built VERB it PRON late ADV at ADP night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 built nsubj 6 built build VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 7 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 built obj 8 late late ADV Degree=Pos 6 built advmod 9 at at ADP _ 10 night case 10 night night NOUN Number=Sing 6 built obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present it vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 build past he it night late property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer No, "the late" means Mr Hill has died
discourse punct punct det nsubj punct nsubj flat aux ccomp root No INTJ , PUNCT " PUNCT the DET late ADJ " PUNCT means VERB Mr PROPN Hill PROPN has AUX died VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 late discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 late punct 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 late det 5 late late ADJ Degree=Pos 7 means nsubj 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 late punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Mr Mr PROPN Number=Sing 11 died nsubj 9 Hill Hill PROPN Number=Sing 8 Mr flat 10 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 died aux 11 died die VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 7 means ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present the late vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 die present · perfect Mr vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 4 Yes, the school was finished late
discourse punct det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT the DET school NOUN was AUX finished VERB late ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 6 finished discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 school det 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 finished nsubj:pass 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 finished aux:pass 6 finished finish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 late late ADV Degree=Pos 6 finished advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 finish past · passive the school late property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
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