Test 14 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

my dog died, mate says crying is for babies

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog, mate · What happens: be, say, cry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Moving, new schools, change and grief» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
5	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 died	parataxis
7	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 says	xcomp
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 died	cop
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 babies	case
10	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	my dog	for babies; die property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cry speech: express	gerund	mate 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

He's right, never cry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cry	punct
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 cry	advmod
6	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not cry speech: express	infinitive							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Crying is normal and helps, talk to someone you trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 helps	cc
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 talk	punct
7	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 normal	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 someone	case
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 talk	obl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 trust	nsubj
11	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 someone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		normal property	tree rules
3	help	present			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	talk	infinitive		to someone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to someone=Co-Agent
5	trust	present	you		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Hide your feelings forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 feelings	nmod:poss
3	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hide	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here	your feelings				forever property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient

Option 4

Get a new dog the same day and just forget about the old one

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 day	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl:unmarked
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forget	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 forget	advmod
10	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	14 one	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 one	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 one	amod
14	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 forget	obl

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

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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