Test 17 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

did u hear, Mia's dog died n she cried in class, Jake reckons crying over a dog is pathetic lol. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, dog, Jake, crying · What happens: hear, not die, cry, reckon, be · To what, where: class, real lesson

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 died	punct
5	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dog	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Mia	case
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
9	n	not	ADV	_	8 died	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 cried	nsubj
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 died	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 class	case
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cried	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reckons	punct
15	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 reckons	nsubj
16	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
17	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 pathetic	csubj
18	over	over	ADP	_	20 dog	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 dog	det
20	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crying	obl
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 pathetic	cop
22	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 reckons	conj
23	lol	lol	INTJ	_	22 pathetic	discourse
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 lesson	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 lesson	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 lesson	det
28	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 lesson	amod
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	not die	past	Mia's dog				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	cry speech: express	past	dog		class		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in class=Location
4	reckon	present	Jake				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
5	cry speech: express	gerund				over a dog	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dog=Location
6	is	present	crying			pathetic property	tree rules
7	is a	present		the real lesson			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

Mia should hide her sadness until she gets home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hide	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hide	aux
3	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sadness	nmod:poss
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hide	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 gets	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gets	nsubj
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hide	advcl
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	should	Mia	Mia's sadness					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient
2	get	present	Mia					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Jake is right that crying over a dog in front of the class is pathetic

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jake	Jake	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 pathetic	mark
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 pathetic	csubj
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 dog	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dog	det
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crying	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 front	case
10	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crying	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 class	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 front	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pathetic	cop
15	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jake		right property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund		front of the class	over a dog	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over dog=Location
3	is	present	crying		pathetic property	tree rules

Option 3

Only crying over people counts as real grief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 crying	advmod
2	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 counts	csubj
3	over	over	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crying	obl
5	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 grief	case
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grief	amod
8	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund						over people	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over people=Location
2	count	present	crying					as real grief	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as grief=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Grief over a pet is real and crying is normal, not pathetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 real	nsubj
2	over	over	ADP	_	4 pet	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pet	det
4	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grief	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 real	cop
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 normal	cc
8	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 normal	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 normal	cop
10	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 real	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pathetic	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 pathetic	advmod
13	pathetic	pathetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 real	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grief over a pet	real property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present		normal property	tree rules
4	not be		Grief over a pet not said here		tree rules

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