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Test 7 · ★ · Worry and sadness

A girl in Sydney feels so low that she thinks the world would be better without her. What should she do now?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, world · What happens: feel, think, be, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 91 «Worry and sadness» 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: A girl in Sydney feels so low that she thinks the world would be better without her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feels	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 low	advmod
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feels	xcomp
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 thinks	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 thinks	nsubj
10	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 low	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 better	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 better	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 better	cop
15	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 thinks	ccomp
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 better	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 feels	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	a girl in Sydney					low property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	present	girl						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	would	the world					without girl; good 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 should she do now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 do	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	girl				now		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Wait to see if she still feels the same next month before saying anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 see	mark
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 feels	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 feels	nsubj
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 feels	advmod
7	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 month	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 month	amod
10	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 month	amod
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feels	obl:unmarked
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 saying	mark
13	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
14	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	feel a condition, not said to happen	present	she				still; month		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	say speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	anything					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

Option 2

Try to cheer up alone before telling anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 cheer	mark
3	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Try	xcomp
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 cheer	compound:prt
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 cheer	advmod
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 telling	mark
7	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 cheer	advcl
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	imperative	you not said here						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	cheer up not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					alone property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	you not said here		anyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tell a trusted adult now or call Kids Helpline

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
3	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 adult	amod
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Tell	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 call	cc
7	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
8	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 call	obj
9	Helpline	Helpline	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a trusted adult		now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	trust	participle							vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	call	infinitive	you not said here	Kids					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme helpline=Result

Option 4

Write it in her diary and tell nobody at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Write	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 diary	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 diary	nmod:poss
5	diary	diary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Write	conj
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 tell	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	it		her diary			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in diary=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		nobody	all			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient

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