Test 6 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family At the wake, Fintan's cousin laughs at a story about Granda. Fintan: «that's dead rude, he's dead!» What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Fintan, truth · What happens: laugh, be · To what, where: wake
This is test 6 · ★★ 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: At the wake, Fintan's cousin laughs at a story about Granda.
case det obl punct nmod:poss case nsubj case det obl case nmod punct root At ADP the DET wake NOUN , PUNCT Fintan PROPN 's PART cousin NOUN laughs VERB at ADP a DET story NOUN about ADP Granda PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 At at ADP _ 3 wake case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 wake det 3 wake wake NOUN Number=Sing 8 laughs obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 wake punct 5 Fintan Fintan PROPN Number=Sing 7 cousin nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Fintan case 7 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 8 laughs nsubj 8 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 at at ADP _ 11 story case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 story det 11 story story NOUN Number=Sing 8 laughs obl 12 about about ADP _ 13 Granda case 13 Granda Granda PROPN Number=Sing 11 story nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 laughs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present Fintan's cousin the wake at a story about Granda vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: Fintan: «that's dead rude, he's dead!»
nsubj punct punct nsubj cop amod punct nsubj cop conj punct punct root Fintan PROPN : PUNCT « PUNCT that PRON 's AUX dead ADJ rude ADJ , PUNCT he PRON 's AUX dead ADJ ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fintan Fintan PROPN Number=Sing 7 rude nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 7 rude punct 3 « « PUNCT _ 7 rude punct 4 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 rude nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 rude cop 6 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rude amod 7 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 dead punct 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 dead nsubj 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 dead cop 11 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rude conj 12 ! ! PUNCT _ 7 rude punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 7 rude punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Fintan rude property tree rules 2 is in a quote present Fintan dead property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nobody laughs at Irish wakes
nsubj case amod conj root Nobody PRON laughs VERB at ADP Irish ADJ wakes VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 laughs nsubj 2 laughs laugh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 5 wakes case 4 Irish Irish ADJ Degree=Pos 5 wakes amod 5 wakes wake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 laughs conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh present Nobody vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 wake present Nobody not said here vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
Option 2 The cousin didn't love Granda one bit
det nsubj aux advmod obj nummod appos root The DET cousin NOUN did AUX n't PART love VERB Granda PROPN one NUM bit NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 cousin det 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 5 love nsubj 3 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 love aux 4 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 5 love advmod 5 love love VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 Granda Granda PROPN Number=Sing 5 love obj 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 bit nummod 8 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 6 Granda appos
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not love past · do-support the cousin Granda vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer granda=Stimulus
Option 3 Laughing at a wake is always rude
csubj case det obl cop advmod root Laughing VERB at ADP a DET wake NOUN is AUX always ADV rude ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 rude csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 wake case 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 wake det 4 wake wake NOUN Number=Sing 1 Laughing obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 rude cop 6 always always ADV PronType=Tot 7 rude advmod 7 rude rude ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh gerund a wake vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Laughing always, rude property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Laughing at happy memories is part of grieving
csubj case amod obl cop case nmod root Laughing VERB at ADP happy ADJ memories NOUN is AUX part NOUN of ADP grieving VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Laughing laugh VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 part csubj 2 at at ADP _ 4 memories case 3 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 memories amod 4 memories memory NOUN Number=Plur 1 Laughing obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 part cop 6 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 grieving case 8 grieving grieve VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 part nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 laugh gerund happy memories vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present Laughing part tree rules 3 grieve gerund vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
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