Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying Kate's mum says "Uncle Pat popped his clogs." Kate asks "did his shoes break?" What should Kate be told?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Uncle, Kate, shoes · What happens: say, pop, ask, break, tell · To what, where: clogs, Kate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2 «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: Kate's mum says "Uncle Pat popped his clogs."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct nsubj flat ccomp nmod:poss obj punct punct root Kate PROPN 's PART mum NOUN says VERB " PUNCT Uncle PROPN Pat PROPN popped VERB his PRON clogs NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kate Kate PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kate case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 popped punct 6 Uncle Uncle PROPN Number=Sing 8 popped nsubj 7 Pat Pat PROPN Number=Sing 6 Uncle flat 8 popped pop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 says ccomp 9 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 clogs nmod:poss 10 clogs clog NOUN Number=Plur 8 popped obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 popped punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 8 popped punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Kate's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 pop in a quote past Uncle Uncle's clogs vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clog=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: Kate asks "did his shoes break?"
nsubj punct aux nmod:poss nsubj ccomp punct punct root Kate PROPN asks VERB " PUNCT did AUX his PRON shoes NOUN break VERB ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kate Kate PROPN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 break punct 4 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 break aux 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 shoes nmod:poss 6 shoes shoe NOUN Number=Plur 7 break nsubj 7 break break VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 asks ccomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 break punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 7 break punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Kate vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 break in a quote past · do-support Kate's shoes vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Sentence 3: What should Kate be told?
obj aux nsubj aux:pass punct root What PRON should AUX Kate PROPN be AUX told VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 told obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 told aux 3 Kate Kate PROPN Number=Sing 5 told nsubj 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 told aux:pass 5 told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 told punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert should · passive Kate vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer No, it means Uncle Pat died
discourse punct nsubj nsubj flat ccomp root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB Uncle PROPN Pat PROPN died VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 means 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 Uncle Uncle PROPN Number=Sing 7 died nsubj 6 Pat Pat PROPN Number=Sing 5 Uncle flat 7 died die VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp
# 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 die past Uncle vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
Option 2 Yes, his clogs burst
discourse punct nmod:poss nsubj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT his PRON clogs NOUN burst VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 burst discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 clogs nmod:poss 4 clogs clog NOUN Number=Plur 5 burst nsubj 5 burst burst VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 burst past his clogs vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 Yes, he needs new shoes
discourse punct nsubj amod obj root Yes INTJ , PUNCT he PRON needs VERB new ADJ shoes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 needs discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 needs punct 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 needs nsubj 4 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 shoes amod 6 shoes shoe NOUN Number=Plur 4 needs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present he new shoes vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot shoe=Theme
Option 4 No, it means he went dancing
discourse punct nsubj nsubj ccomp xcomp root No INTJ , PUNCT it PRON means VERB he PRON went VERB dancing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 means discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 means 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 went nsubj 6 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 means ccomp 7 dancing dance VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 went xcomp
# 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 go past he vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 dance gerund he not said here vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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