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Test 5 · ★★ · Moving, new schools, change and grief

A boy's tortoise dies and his uncle says, «Just get another one.» How might the boy feel, and why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tortoise, uncle, boy · What happens: die, say, get, feel · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy's tortoise dies and his uncle says, «Just get another one.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tortoise	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 boy	case
4	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dies	nsubj
5	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 says	cc
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 uncle	nmod:poss
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dies	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
12	Just	just	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 one	det
15	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 get	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	a boy's tortoise						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	say speech: assert	present	tortoise's uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	get in a quote			another one					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

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: How might the boy feel, and why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 feel	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feel	nsubj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 why	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 why	cc
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 feel	parataxis
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	might	the boy						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Happy, because he wanted a dog anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 wanted	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Happy	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a dog				anyway property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dog=Theme

Option 2

Nothing, because pets are just animals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 animals	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 animals	mark
4	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 animals	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animals	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 animals	advmod
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	pets	animals					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Still sad, because a new pet cannot replace the one he loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Still	still	ADV	_	2 sad	advmod
2	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sad	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 replace	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pet	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pet	amod
7	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replace	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 replace	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 replace	advmod
10	replace	replace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sad	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 replace	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 loved	nsubj
14	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 one	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not replace	can	a new pet	the one					vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Co-Theme
2	love	past	pet	the one not said here					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 4

Better, because one tortoise is just the same as any other tortoise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 same	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 same	mark
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 tortoise	nummod
5	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 same	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 same	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 same	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Better	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 tortoise	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 tortoise	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tortoise	amod
13	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	one tortoise					as any other tortoise; same property	tree rules

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