Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body
Max says "my grandad's lost his marbles, he forgot my name again". What does Max mean?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, my · What happens: say, lose, forget, name, mean · To what, where: grandad, name · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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: Max says "my grandad's lost his marbles, he forgot my name again".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 lost | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 5 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | aux:pass |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 marbles | nmod:poss |
| 9 | marbles | marble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lost | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 forgot | punct |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 forgot | nsubj |
| 12 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 name | nmod:poss |
| 14 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 forgot | obj |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 forgot | advmod |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 forgot | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Max | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | present · passive | my grandad | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | forget in a quote | past | Max | my name | again | tree rules | |||
| 4 | name in a quote | my | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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: What does Max mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mean | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | Max | Max | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | Max | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His grandad lost a game
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 game | det |
| 5 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | His grandad | a game | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His grandad is becoming confused and forgetful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 becoming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 becoming | aux |
| 4 | becoming | become | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 becoming | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 forgetful | cc |
| 7 | forgetful | forgetful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 confused | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present · progressive | His grandad | confused property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
His grandad lost a bag of marbles in the park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bag | det |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 marbles | case |
| 7 | marbles | marble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bag | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 park | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 park | det |
| 10 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | His grandad | a bag of marbles | the park | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Eventuality |
Option 4
His grandad is playing a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 playing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 playing | aux |
| 4 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 joke | det |
| 6 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 playing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present · progressive | His grandad | a joke | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme |
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