Test 2 · ★★ · When a parent has died
«Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem». What's most likely?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lorcan · What happens: be, kick · To what, where: bin, problem
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: «Lorcan's well moody, he kicked the bin again, what's his problem».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 moody | punct |
| 2 | Lorcan | Lorcan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 moody | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 moody | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 moody | advmod |
| 5 | moody | moody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kicked | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kicked | nsubj |
| 8 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 moody | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bin | det |
| 10 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kicked | obj |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 kicked | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 problem | punct |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 problem | obj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 problem | cop |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 problem | nmod:poss |
| 16 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kicked | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 problem | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 moody | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Lorcan | moody, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | kick in a quote | past | Lorcan | the bin | again | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bin=Patient | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | Lorcan's problem | 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's most likely?
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 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He's grieving, and it comes out as anger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 grieving | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grieving | aux |
| 3 | grieving | grieve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 comes | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 comes | cc |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grieving | conj |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 comes | compound:prt |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 anger | case |
| 10 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grieve | present · progressive | He | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | come out | present | it | as anger | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
He's bored at school and wants to go home early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 bored | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | aux:pass |
| 3 | bored | bore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 school | case |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bored | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wants | cc |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bored | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 go | mark |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wants | xcomp |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 11 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bore | present · passive | He | school | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | want | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | early, home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He doesn't care about anybody or anything now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 care | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 care | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 care | advmod |
| 4 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 anybody | case |
| 6 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 care | obl |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 anything | cc |
| 8 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 anybody | conj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 care | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | present · do-support | He | now | about anybody | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anybody=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
He's just a naughty kid who loves kicking stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 kid | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kid | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 kid | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 5 | naughty | naughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 kid | amod |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 loves | nsubj |
| 8 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kid | acl:relcl |
| 9 | kicking | kick | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 loves | xcomp |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 kicking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a naughty kid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | love | present | a naughty kid | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | kick not said to happen | gerund | a naughty kid not said here | stuff | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
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