Test 18 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

my cousin said a kid in her school wished his grandad would go away and then the grandad died that week, so it was his fault. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, kid, grandad, school · What happens: say, wish, go away, die, be · To what, where: fault · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 214 «Family changes and grief» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wished	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 school	nmod:poss
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kid	nmod
9	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 grandad	nmod:poss
11	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 go	aux
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 wished	ccomp
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 go	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 died	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 died	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grandad	det
18	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 died	nsubj
19	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wished	conj
20	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 week	det
21	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 died	obl:unmarked
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fault	punct
23	so	so	ADV	_	27 fault	advmod
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 fault	nsubj
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 fault	cop
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 fault	nmod:poss
27	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wished	parataxis
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
29	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wish	past	a kid in kid's school				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go away	would	cousin's grandad			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	die	past	the grandad		then; week		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	is a	past	school	cousin's fault			tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, thoughts and wishes can't make anyone die

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 make	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wishes	cc
5	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thoughts	conj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 make	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 make	advmod
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 make	obj
10	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not make	can	thoughts and wishes	anyone					tree rules
2	not die	infinitive	anyone not said here						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Yes, strong wishes can come true if you mean them hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wishes	amod
4	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 come	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 come	xcomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 mean	mark
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 mean	nsubj
10	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 come	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 mean	obj
12	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mean	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	can	strong wishes					true property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	mean a condition, not said to happen	present	you	wishes = wish				hard property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 3

Partly, if he was very angry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Partly	partly	ADV	_	7 angry	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Partly	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 angry	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 angry	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 angry	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 angry	advmod
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					angry, partly property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if he said it out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 said	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 said	compound:prt
8	loud	loud	ADV	_	5 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say out speech: assert	past	he	it				loud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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