Test 7 · ★★ · Family changes and grief
A friend's dad has died. What can friends do that helps?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, friends, that · What happens: die, do, help
This is test 7 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A friend's dad has died.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 friend | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 died | nsubj |
| 5 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 died | aux |
| 6 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 died | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present · perfect | a friend's dad | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 can friends do that helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 helps | csubj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | friends | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | help | present | that | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tell her not to be sad any more, it helps
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 sad | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 sad | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sad | cop |
| 6 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 7 | any | any | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 sad | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 helps | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 helps | nsubj |
| 11 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | not is not said to happen | to-infinitive | sad property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | help | present | it | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Let her talk and cry, and listen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 cry | cc |
| 5 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 talk | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 listen | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 listen | cc |
| 8 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | talk | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | listen | infinitive | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Change the subject whenever he is mentioned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 subject | det |
| 3 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Change | obj |
| 4 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 1 Change | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 mentioned | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 7 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 whenever | advcl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | imperative | you not said here | the subject | whenever property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | mention speech: other | present · passive | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
Avoid her until she is cheerful again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avoid | avoid | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Avoid | obj |
| 3 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 cheerful | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cheerful | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cheerful | cop |
| 6 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Avoid | advcl |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 cheerful | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | avoid | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent she=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she | again | cheerful property | tree rules |
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