Test 18 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

Sophie cried all day cos her rabbit died and people are calling her a baby, should i join in

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, rabbit, people, i · What happens: cry, die, call, join in · To what, where: rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl:unmarked
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 died	mark
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 rabbit	nmod:poss
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 calling	cc
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 calling	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 calling	aux
12	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cried	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 calling	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 baby	det
15	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 calling	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 join	punct
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 join	aux
18	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 join	nsubj
19	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cried	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	19 join	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	Sophie		day	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	die	past	Sophie's rabbit			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	call	present · progressive	people	rabbit		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme baby=Result
4	join in	should	i			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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

Yes, so she cheers up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 cheers	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 cheers	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cheers	nsubj
5	cheers	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 cheers	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheer up	present	she						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No; crying when a pet dies is natural, and she needs kindness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 natural	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 natural	csubj
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 dies	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pet	det
6	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dies	nsubj
7	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 crying	advcl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 natural	cop
9	natural	natural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 needs	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 needs	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 needs	nsubj
13	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 natural	parataxis
14	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	die	present	a pet			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is	present	crying		natural property	tree rules
4	need	present	pet	kindness		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kindness=Theme

Option 3

Yes, because it was only a rabbit and rabbits do not really count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 count	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 rabbit	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 rabbit	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rabbit	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rabbit	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 rabbit	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rabbit	det
8	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 count	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 rabbits	cc
10	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 rabbit	conj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 count	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 count	advmod
13	really	really	ADV	_	14 count	advmod
14	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a rabbit and rabbits					tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	a rabbit and rabbits						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, but only at lunchtime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 lunchtime	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 lunchtime	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 lunchtime	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 lunchtime	case
6	lunchtime	lunchtime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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