Test 1 · ★★ · When a parent has died
«my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, u, mum · What happens: say, wish, come back · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 518 «When a parent has died» 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: «my cousin says if u wish hard enough ur mum comes back».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 wish | mark |
| 6 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 wish | nsubj |
| 7 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 comes | advcl |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 wish | advmod |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 7 wish | advmod |
| 10 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 comes | nsubj |
| 12 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 comes | advmod |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 comes | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | present | my cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | wish a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | u | enough, hard property | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 3 | come back in a quote | present | ur's mum | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, people who die don't come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 come | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 die | nsubj |
| 5 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 people | acl:relcl |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 come | advmod |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | present | people | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | not come back | present · do-support | people | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, but only on Mother's Day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 Day | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 Day | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 Day | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Day | case |
| 6 | Mother | Mother | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 Day | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Mother | case |
| 8 | Day | Day | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
No, but she might send a sign on your birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 send | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 send | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 send | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 send | nsubj |
| 5 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 send | aux |
| 6 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sign | det |
| 8 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 send | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 birthday | case |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 11 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | might | she | a sign | your birthday | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, if you wish on your birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 wish | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wish | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 wish | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 wish | nsubj |
| 5 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 birthday | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 8 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | present | you | your birthday | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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