Test 23 · ★★ · Family changes and grief

grandad says "your nan was the love of my life, sixty years and never a cross word". what does "love of my life" mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad, nan · What happens: say, be, love, mean · To what, where: love · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 23 · ★★ 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	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 love	punct
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 nan	nmod:poss
5	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 love	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 love	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 love	det
8	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 life	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 life	nmod:poss
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 love	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 years	punct
13	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 love	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 word	cc
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	19 word	advmod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 word	det
18	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 word	compound
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 love	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 love	obj
23	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 love	aux
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 love	punct
25	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 life	case
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 life	nmod:poss
28	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 love	obl
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 love	punct
30	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 love	parataxis
31	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	grandad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	past	your nan	the love and a cross word	of my life	tree rules
3	love in a quote	present · do-support			of my life	tree rules
4	mean	infinitive				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.

The options

Option 1

She was his big sister growing up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sister	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sister	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sister	nmod:poss
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sister	amod
5	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 sister	acl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 growing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	his big sister					tree rules
2	grow up	gerund	his big sister not said here						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She was his favourite cook in the whole town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cook	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cook	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cook	nmod:poss
4	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cook	amod
5	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 town	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 town	amod
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cook	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	his favourite cook		the whole town			tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was the person he loved most

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 person	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 person	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 loved	nsubj
6	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 person	acl:relcl
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 loved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the person					tree rules
2	love	past	person	most					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer most=Stimulus

Option 4

She was his very first teacher at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 teacher	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 teacher	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teacher	nmod:poss
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 first	advmod
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 teacher	amod
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 school	case
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	his first teacher		school			tree rules

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