Test 19 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

my cousin said Sam's grandad died n Sam was laughing at lunch next day, so he obviously didn't care. should i pass that on

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, grandad, Sam, i · What happens: say, die, laugh, not care, pass · To what, where: lunch, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 grandad	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sam	case
6	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
7	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	n	n	SCONJ	_	11 laughing	mark
9	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 laughing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 laughing	aux
11	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 died	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 lunch	case
13	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 laughing	obl
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 day	amod
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 laughing	obl:unmarked
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 care	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	22 care	advmod
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 care	nsubj
19	obviously	obviously	ADV	_	22 care	advmod
20	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 care	aux
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 care	advmod
22	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 died	advcl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
24	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 pass	aux
25	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	26 pass	nsubj
26	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 pass	obj
28	on	on	ADV	_	26 pass	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my cousin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die	past	Sam's grandad					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	laugh	past · progressive	Sam		lunch	day		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not care	past · do-support	Sam				obviously property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	pass	should	i	that				vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Trajectory

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, because laughing so soon proves he did not really love his grandad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 proves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 proves	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 proves	mark
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 proves	csubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 soon	advmod
6	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 laughing	advmod
7	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 love	nsubj
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 love	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 love	advmod
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 love	advmod
12	love	love	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 proves	ccomp
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 grandad	nmod:poss
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 love	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund			soon property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	prove	present	laughing			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not love	past · do-support	he	his grandad		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grandad=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, grief comes and goes, and passing it on would hurt Sam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 hurt	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 goes	cc
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 comes	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hurt	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hurt	cc
9	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 hurt	csubj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 passing	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	9 passing	obl
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hurt	aux
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come	present	grief		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present	grief not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pass	gerund		grief	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory
4	hurt	would	passing	Sam	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sam=Patient

Option 3

Yes, everyone should know Sam did not care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 know	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 know	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 care	nsubj
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 care	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 care	advmod
9	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	should	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not care	past · do-support	Sam						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Yes, but only to Sam's closest friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 friends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 friends	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 friends	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 friends	case
6	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 friends	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Sam	case
8	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 friends	amod
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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