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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.

casedetoblpunctdetnsubjadvmodcasedetoblcccopadvmodconjdetamodobl:unmarkedpunctrootInADPaDETfilmNOUN,PUNCTtheDETgirlNOUNcriesVERBonceADVatADPtheDETfuneralNOUNandCCONJisAUXtotallyADVfineADJtheDETnextADJdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 filmcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 filmdet
3filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing7 criesobl
4,,PUNCT_3 filmpunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 girldet
6girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing7 criesnsubj
7criescryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8onceonceADVNumForm=Word NumType=Mult7 criesadvmod
9atatADP_11 funeralcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 funeraldet
11funeralfuneralNOUNNumber=Sing7 criesobl
12andandCCONJ_15 finecc
13isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 finecop
14totallytotallyADV_15 fineadvmod
15finefineADJDegree=Pos7 criesconj
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 daydet
17nextnextADJDegree=Pos18 dayamod
18daydayNOUNNumber=Sing15 fineobl:unmarked
19..PUNCT_7 criespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cry speech: expresspresentthe girla filmat the funeral; once propertyvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location
2ispresentthe girl not said heredayfine, totally propertytree 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?

nsubjcopcaseamodoblpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtruerADJinADPrealADJlifeNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truernsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truercop
3truertrueADJDegree=Cmprootroot
4ininADP_6 lifecase
5realrealADJDegree=Pos6 lifeamod
6lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing3 truerobl
7??PUNCT_3 truerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentreal lifetrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Children don't feel grief at all

nsubjauxadvmodobjcaseoblrootChildrenNOUNdoAUXn'tPARTfeelVERBgriefNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ChildrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 feelnsubj
2dodoAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 feelaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 feeladvmod
4feelfeelVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5griefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing4 feelobj
6atatADP_7 allcase
7allallDETPronType=Tot4 feelobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not feelpresent · do-supportChildrengriefallvn 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

nsubjauxccconjcasedetamodoblrootGriefNOUNcanAUXcomeVERBandCCONJgoVERBforADPaDETlongADJtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GriefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing3 comensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 comeaux
3comecomeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4andandCCONJ_5 gocc
5gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf3 comeconj
6forforADP_9 timecase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 timedet
8longlongADJDegree=Pos9 timeamod
9timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing5 goobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comecanGriefvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2goinfinitiveGrief not said heretimevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Grief always ends after one day

nsubjadvmodcasenummodoblrootGriefNOUNalwaysADVendsVERBafterADPoneNUMdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GriefgriefNOUNNumber=Sing3 endsnsubj
2alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot3 endsadvmod
3endsendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4afterafterADP_6 daycase
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 daynummod
6daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 endsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1endpresentGriefdayalways propertyvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only grown-ups cry at funerals, children never

advmodamodpunctnsubjcaseoblpunctconjadvmodrootOnlyADVgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNcryVERBatADPfuneralsNOUN,PUNCTchildrenNOUNneverADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_4 upsadvmod
2growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 upsamod
3--PUNCT_2 grownpunct
4upsupNOUNNumber=Plur5 crynsubj
5crycryVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6atatADP_7 funeralscase
7funeralsfuneralNOUNNumber=Plur5 cryobl
8,,PUNCT_9 childrenpunct
9childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur7 funeralsconj
10neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 cryadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2not cry speech: expresspresentgrown upsfunerals and childrenvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location

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