Test 11 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family
Marisol says the care home «lowkey smells» (lowkey means a bit, quietly). What matters most about the visit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marisol, lowkey · What happens: say, mean, matter · To what, where: care home, bit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Marisol says the care home «lowkey smells» (lowkey means a bit, quietly).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marisol | Marisol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 home | det |
| 4 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 home | compound |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 smells | punct |
| 7 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 smells | compound |
| 8 | smells | smell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 home | appos |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 smells | punct |
| 10 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 11 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 means | nsubj |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 bit | det |
| 14 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 means | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 quietly | punct |
| 16 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 12 means | advmod |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Marisol | the care home | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent home=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | lowkey | a bit | quietly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic |
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 matters most about the visit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 matters | nsubj |
| 2 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 matters | advmod |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 visit | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 visit | det |
| 6 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 matters | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 matters | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | about the visit | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
How long the visit lasts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 long | advmod |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 lasts | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 visit | det |
| 4 | visit | visit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lasts | nsubj |
| 5 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | present | the visit | long property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
How the corridor smells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 smells | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 corridor | det |
| 3 | corridor | corridor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smells | nsubj |
| 4 | smells | smell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smell | present | the corridor | vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
What's for dinner in the care home that night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 dinner | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dinner | cop |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 dinner | case |
| 4 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 home | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 home | det |
| 7 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 home | compound |
| 8 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dinner | nmod |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 night | det |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 home | nmod:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the care home that night | for dinner | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Grandma enjoys seeing her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 enjoys | nsubj |
| 2 | enjoys | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 enjoys | xcomp |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 seeing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | present | Grandma | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | see | gerund | Grandma not said here | Grandma | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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