Test 10 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family
Jem: «Mom's been sad for weeks since Grandpa died, is she gonna be sad forever?» What's truer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mom, Grandpa, Jem · What happens: be, die
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 514 «Dementia and the first death in the family» 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: Jem: «Mom's been sad for weeks since Grandpa died, is she gonna be sad forever?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 sad | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 sad | punct |
| 4 | Mom | mom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sad | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sad | cop |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 sad | cop |
| 7 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jem | amod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 weeks | case |
| 9 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sad | obl |
| 10 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 12 died | mark |
| 11 | Grandpa | Grandpa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 died | nsubj |
| 12 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sad | advcl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jem | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 sad | cop |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 sad | nsubj |
| 16 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 18 sad | dep |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 sad | cop |
| 18 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 19 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 18 sad | advmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 sad | punct |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Mom | week | sad property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | die in a quote | past | Grandpa | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Jem | forever, sad property | 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.
Sentence 2: What's truer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 truer | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 truer | cop |
| 3 | truer | true | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 truer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She'll be sad every single day forever
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 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sad | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sad | cop |
| 4 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sad | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 sad | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | She | day | forever, sad property | tree rules |
Option 2
Jem made her sad and should keep out of her way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jem | Jem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 made | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 keep | cc |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 keep | aux |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 way | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 way | nmod:poss |
| 11 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Jem | her = she | sad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | |||
| 2 | keep out | should | Jem not said here | Jem's way | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
Option 3
She'll be fine by tomorrow morning
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 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 morning | case |
| 6 | tomorrow | tomorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 morning | compound |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | future | She | morning | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Grief can last a long time and slowly gets easier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 last | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | aux |
| 3 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 time | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 last | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 8 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 9 gets | advmod |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 last | conj |
| 10 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | can | Grief | time | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Grief not said here | easy, slowly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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