Test 3 · ★★ · The United States: a short story

Why might a Native American family feel differently about Thanksgiving than other families?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Native American family · What happens: feel

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 38 «The United States: a short story» of the history 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 feel	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 feel	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 family	det
4	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
5	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	nsubj
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	differently	differently	ADV	_	7 feel	advmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 Thanksgiving	case
10	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obl
11	than	than	ADP	_	13 families	case
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 families	amod
13	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 feel	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	might	a Native American family					about Thanksgiving; than other families; differently property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about thanksgiving=Location

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

Thanksgiving is a Native war day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thanksgiving	Thanksgiving	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 day	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 day	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
4	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
5	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	compound
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Thanksgiving	a Native war day					tree rules

Option 2

They have never heard of it, because it is only held in the big cities

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 heard	advmod
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 heard	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 held	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 held	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 held	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 held	aux:pass
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 held	advmod
12	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 heard	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 cities	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cities	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cities	amod
16	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	present · perfect · passive		They				of it	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus
2	hold	present · passive		it		the big cities			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in city=Location

Option 3

It is their only holiday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 holiday	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 holiday	cop
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 holiday	nmod:poss
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 holiday	amod
5	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	their only holiday					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

For many Native people it is also a day of mourning for what followed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 people	case
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
3	Native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 day	obl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 day	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 day	cop
7	also	also	ADV	_	9 day	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 mourning	case
11	mourning	mourning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	nmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 what	case
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 mourning	nmod
14	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a day				for many Native people; of mourning for a day	tree rules
2	follow	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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