Test 9 · ★★ · Dementia and the first death in the family
Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral. Which is a good way to remember Nani?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aziza · What happens: be, miss, remember · To what, where: funeral, good way, Nani
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Aziza is sad she missed Nani's funeral.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aziza | Aziza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sad | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sad | cop |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 missed | nsubj |
| 5 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sad | ccomp |
| 6 | Nani | Nani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 funeral | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Nani | case |
| 8 | funeral | funeral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 missed | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Aziza | sad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | miss | past | Aziza | Nani's funeral | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer funeral=Stimulus |
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: Which is a good way to remember Nani?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 remember | mark |
| 7 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | Nani | Nani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 remember | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 way | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | remember | to-infinitive | Nani | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nani=Theme |
The options
Option 1
Forgetting Nani as quickly as possible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgetting | forget | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | Nani | Nani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Forgetting | obj |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 quickly | advmod |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Forgetting | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 possible | mark |
| 6 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 quickly | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | gerund | Nani | quickly property | tree rules |
Option 2
Pretending Nani is still alive and well in Pakistan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretending | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 alive | csubj |
| 2 | Nani | Nani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Pretending | obj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 alive | cop |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 alive | advmod |
| 5 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 well | cc |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 alive | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Pakistan | case |
| 9 | Pakistan | Pakistan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 alive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretend | gerund | Nani | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Pretending | Pakistan | still | alive property | tree rules |
Option 3
Never mentioning Nani again at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 mentioning | advmod |
| 2 | mentioning | mention | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | Nani | Nani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 mentioning | obj |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 mentioning | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mentioning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mention speech: other | gerund | Nani | home | again | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nani=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Praying and looking at her photo with family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praying | pray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 looking | cc |
| 3 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Praying | conj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 photo | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 photo | nmod:poss |
| 6 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 looking | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 photo | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | gerund | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | look | gerund | at her photo with family | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at photo=Theme |
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