Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure… A coach to a crying runner: "You trained so hard, love. It just wasn't meant to be." What is the coach saying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, coach · What happens: cry, train, not mean, be, say · To what, where: love · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 32 «Soft words for hard things: religion and fate and failure and mistakes» 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: A coach to a crying runner: "You trained so hard, love.
det case det amod nmod punct punct nsubj conj advmod advmod punct conj punct root A DET coach NOUN to ADP a DET crying VERB runner NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT You PRON trained VERB so ADV hard ADV , PUNCT love NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 to to ADP _ 6 runner case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 runner det 5 crying cry VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 runner amod 6 runner runner NOUN Number=Sing 2 coach nmod 7 : : PUNCT _ 10 trained punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 10 trained punct 9 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 trained nsubj 10 trained train VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 coach conj 11 so so ADV _ 12 hard advmod 12 hard hard ADV Degree=Pos 10 trained advmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 love punct 14 love love NOUN Number=Sing 2 coach conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 coach punct
# 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 train in a quote past You hard property vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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: It just wasn't meant to be."
nsubj:pass advmod aux:pass advmod mark xcomp punct punct root It PRON just ADV was AUX n't PART meant VERB to PART be VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 meant nsubj:pass 2 just just ADV _ 5 meant advmod 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 meant aux:pass 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 meant advmod 5 meant mean VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 to to PART _ 7 be mark 7 be be VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 meant xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 meant punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 5 meant punct
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1 not mean past · passive love tree rules 2 be not said to happen to-infinitive vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What is the coach saying?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET coach NOUN saying VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 saying obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 saying aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 coach det 4 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 5 saying nsubj 5 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 saying punct
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1 say speech: assert present · progressive the coach vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice You did not really try
nsubj aux advmod advmod root You PRON did AUX not PART really ADV try VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 try nsubj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 try aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 try advmod 4 really really ADV _ 5 try advmod 5 try try VERB VerbForm=Inf root root
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1 not try past · do-support You vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2 You should stop running
nsubj aux xcomp root You PRON should AUX stop VERB running VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 stop nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 stop aux 3 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 running run VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 stop xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop should You vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 run gerund You not said here vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer You lost, but it was not your fault
nsubj punct cc nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss parataxis root You PRON lost VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ it PRON was AUX not PART your PRON fault NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 lost nsubj 2 lost lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 fault punct 4 but but CCONJ _ 9 fault cc 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 fault nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 fault cop 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 fault advmod 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 fault nmod:poss 9 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing 2 lost parataxis
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1 lose past You vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 not is a past it your fault tree rules
Option 4 You will win the next race for sure
nsubj aux det amod obj case obl root You PRON will AUX win VERB the DET next ADJ race NOUN for ADP sure ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 win nsubj 2 will will AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 win aux 3 win win VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 race det 5 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 6 race amod 6 race race NOUN Number=Sing 3 win obj 7 for for ADP _ 8 sure case 8 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 3 win obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 win future You the next race for sure vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent race=Theme for sure=Beneficiary
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