Test 14 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

my dog died yesterday and i keep crying

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, i · What happens: die, keep, cry

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 66 «How pets feel and saying goodbye» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	yesterday	yesterday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	obl:unmarked
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keep	cc
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 keep	nsubj
7	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 died	conj
8	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	die	past	my dog	yesterday	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	keep	present	i		tree rules
3	cry speech: express	gerund	i not said here		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You should be over it by now, it was only a dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	root	root
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 it	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 it	cop
4	over	over	ADP	_	5 it	case
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 You	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 now	case
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 You	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dog	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dog	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dog	cop
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 dog	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dog	det
13	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 You	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	should				it			tree rules
2	is a	past	it	a dog					tree rules

Option 2

Get a new dog today so you forget about him quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dog	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dog	amod
4	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl:unmarked
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 forget	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 forget	nsubj
8	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	advcl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obl
11	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forget	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a new dog			today		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
2	forget	present	you					about dog; quick property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is normal to be sad, talk about him with your family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 normal	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	cop
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 sad	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 sad	cop
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 normal	csubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 talk	punct
8	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 normal	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 talk	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 family	case
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 family	nmod:poss
13	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	It	normal property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive		sad property	tree rules
3	talk	infinitive		about him = he; with your family	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent about he=Topic with family=Co-Agent

Option 4

Crying means you are weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 weak	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 weak	cop
5	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you	weak property	tree rules

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