Test 5 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family
In a film, the girl cries once at the funeral and is totally fine the next day. What's truer in real life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: cry, be · To what, where: film, real life
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: In a film, the girl cries once at the funeral and is totally fine the next day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | nsubj |
| 7 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 cries | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 funeral | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 funeral | det |
| 11 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cries | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 fine | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 fine | cop |
| 14 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 15 fine | advmod |
| 15 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cries | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 day | det |
| 17 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 day | amod |
| 18 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fine | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 cries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | present | the girl | a film | at the funeral; once property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location | |||
| 2 | is | present | the girl not said here | day | fine, totally 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 in real life?
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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 truer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 truer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Children don't feel grief at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 feel | advmod |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not feel | present · do-support | Children | grief | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent grief=Theme at all=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Grief can come and go for a long time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 come | aux |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 go | cc |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 time | amod |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | can | Grief | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | Grief not said here | time | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Grief always ends after one day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grief | grief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ends | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 ends | advmod |
| 3 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 day | nummod |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | Grief | day | always property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Only grown-ups cry at funerals, children never
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cry | nsubj |
| 5 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 funerals | case |
| 7 | funerals | funeral | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cry | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 children | punct |
| 9 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 funerals | conj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 cry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not cry speech: express | present | grown ups | funerals and children | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location |
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