Test 4 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family
Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, that · What happens: not cry, be · To what, where: funeral
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Wilf's mate: «you didn't even cry at your grandad's funeral, that's well cold».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilf | Wilf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Wilf | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 cry | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 cry | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 cry | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cry | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 cry | advmod |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 cry | advmod |
| 10 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 mate | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 funeral | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 13 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 funeral | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 grandad | case |
| 15 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cry | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 cold | punct |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 cold | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 cold | cop |
| 19 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 cold | advmod |
| 20 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cry | parataxis |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 cold | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cry speech: express in a quote | past · do-support | you | your grandad's funeral | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | cold, well 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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | 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
He should have cried on purpose so people saw
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cried | aux |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cried | aux |
| 4 | cried | cry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cried | obl |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 saw | mark |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cried | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | should · perfect | He | purpose | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | past | people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Everyone must cry at a funeral
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 cry | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cry | aux |
| 3 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 funeral | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 funeral | det |
| 6 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | must | Everyone | a funeral | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Not crying doesn't mean you don't care
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 crying | advmod |
| 2 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 mean | csubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 care | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 care | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 care | advmod |
| 9 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not mean | present · do-support | crying | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not care | present · do-support | you | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Not crying means you're heartless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 crying | advmod |
| 2 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 heartless | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 heartless | cop |
| 6 | heartless | heartless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | you | heartless property | tree rules |
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