Test 19 · ★ · How pets feel and saying goodbye

when Grandad died nan said "she's lost her other half", what's that mean

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, nan · What happens: die, say, lose, be · To what, where: nan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 died	advmod
2	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	advcl
4	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	ccomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 half	nmod:poss
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 half	amod
12	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	9 lost	obj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lost	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 said	ccomp
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 mean	cop
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 mean	nsubj
18	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	die	past	Grandad			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	past	nan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	lose in a quote	present · passive		nan		tree rules
4	is	present			mean 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It means she must find a new one quickly

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 find	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	find	must	she	a new one				quickly property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 2

She is angry with Grandad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Grandad	case
5	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 angry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					with Grandad; angry property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Grandad was her husband, the person she loved most, and she is very sad; be gentle and spend time with her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 husband	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 husband	cop
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sad	nsubj:outer
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 husband	appos
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 loved	nsubj
9	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 person	acl:relcl
10	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	9 loved	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sad	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sad	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sad	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sad	cop
15	very	very	ADV	_	16 sad	advmod
16	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 gentle	punct
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 gentle	cop
19	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 sad	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 spend	cc
21	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sad	conj
22	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spend	obj
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 her	case
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Grandad	her husband			tree rules
2	love	past	person	the person not said here			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus
3	is	present	her husband			sad property	tree rules
4	is	infinitive	her husband not said here			gentle property	tree rules
5	spend	present	her husband not said here		time	with person	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She lost half of something in the house, like half a cake or half a pair of gloves, and wants help finding it

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 lost	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 half	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cake	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	13 cake	case
11	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	13 cake	det:predet
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cake	det
13	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 pair	cc
15	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	17 pair	det:predet
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pair	det
17	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cake	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 gloves	case
19	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 pair	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 help	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 help	cc
22	wants	want	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 help	nsubj
23	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lost	parataxis
24	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 help	xcomp
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 finding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	past	She	half of something	the house	like half cake or half pair of gloves	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Eventuality
2	help	present	wants				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	find	gerund	wants not said here	half			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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