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Test 11 · ★★ · When a parent has died

Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't». What would Dad most likely say?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Elin, Dad · What happens: say, cry, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Elin says, «if I cry about Mam, Dad'll be sad, so I won't».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elin	Elin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 cry	mark
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 cry	nsubj
7	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 Mam	case
9	Mam	Mam	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cry	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sad	punct
11	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sad	nsubj
12	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sad	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 sad	cop
14	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Mam	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wo	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 wo	advmod
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 wo	nsubj
18	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 wo	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 wo	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Elin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cry speech: express a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	Elin					about Mam	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about mam=Topic
3	is in a quote	future	Dad					sad 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 would Dad most likely say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 likely	advmod
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	Dad					likely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Yes, never cry at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 cry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 cry	advmod
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express	imperative	you not said here			home			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

We can be sad together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sad	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sad	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sad	cop
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	together	together	ADV	_	4 sad	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	We					sad, together property	tree rules

Option 3

Only cry at school then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cry	advmod
2	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	obl
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 cry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	imperative	you not said here			school	then		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at school=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Crying is for babies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 babies	amod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 babies	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 babies	case
4	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						for Crying babies	tree rules

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