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Test 5 · ★★ · When a parent has died

In a cartoon, a sad kid is told «don't cry, be brave» and is fine the next day. What's more real?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tell, not cry, be · To what, where: sad kid, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a sad kid is told «don't cry, be brave» and is fine the next day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 told	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 told	aux:pass
9	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 cry	punct
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 cry	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 cry	advmod
13	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 told	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 brave	punct
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 brave	cop
16	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cry	conj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 cry	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fine	cc
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fine	cop
20	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 told	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 day	det
22	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 day	amod
23	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 fine	obl:unmarked
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		a sad kid		a cartoon			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not cry speech: express in a quote	infinitive · do-support							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	infinitive						brave property	tree rules
4	is	present					day	fine 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's more real?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 real	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 real	cop
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 real	amod
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						real property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Crying is okay, and grief takes a long time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 okay	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	cop
3	okay	okay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 takes	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 takes	cc
6	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 takes	nsubj
7	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 okay	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 takes	obj

#	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						okay property	tree rules
3	take	present	grief				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Grief goes away overnight if you're brave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 brave	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 brave	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 brave	cop
8	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 goes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go away	present	Grief					away, overnight property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you					brave property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Brave kids never cry about anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cry	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 cry	advmod
4	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 anything	case
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cry speech: express	present	Brave kids					about anything	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about anything=Topic

Option 4

Cartoons show grief exactly as it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	nsubj
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 show	obj
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	2 show	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 is	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 is	nsubj
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 show	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Cartoons	grief				exactly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grief=Recipient
2	be	present	grief						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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