Test 11 · ★ · Your amazing brain and senses

Your friend at a sleepover with a torch says "die in a dream, die for real". What's a kind way to answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, kind way · What happens: say, die, be, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Your amazing brain and senses» of the myths 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: Your friend at a sleepover with a torch says "die in a dream, die for real".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 sleepover	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sleepover	det
5	sleepover	sleepover	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 torch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 torch	det
8	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleepover	nmod
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 die	punct
11	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 dream	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dream	det
14	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 die	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 die	punct
16	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 die	conj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 real	case
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 die	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 die	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your friend at a sleepover with a torch		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	die in a quote	infinitive		in a dream	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in dream=Attribute
3	die in a quote	infinitive		for real	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for real=Theme

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: What's a kind way to answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 answer	mark
7	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a kind way						tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	a kind way not said here						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"My dad had that dream and he's fine! Happy stories now?"

Sentence 1: "My dad had that dream and he's fine!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 dream	det
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fine	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fine	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fine	cop
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 had	conj
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	past	My dad	that dream					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient
2	is in a quote	present	dad					fine property	tree rules

Sentence 2: Happy stories now?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stories	amod
2	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stories	advmod
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 stories	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 stories	punct

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

Option 2

"That's stupid and you're stupid for saying it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stupid	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 stupid	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stupid	cop
4	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stupid	cc
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 stupid	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stupid	cop
8	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stupid	conj
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 saying	mark
10	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 stupid	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saying	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stupid	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 stupid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	That		stupid property	tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	you		stupid property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert in a quote	gerund	you not said here	it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

"Quick, nobody fall asleep tonight!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 fall	punct
2	Quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nobody	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Quick	punct
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 fall	nsubj
5	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fall	xcomp
7	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fall	obl:unmarked
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 fall	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall in a quote	infinitive	nobody				tonight	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

"Only if the dream is in colour."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 colour	punct
2	Only	only	ADV	_	8 colour	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 colour	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dream	det
5	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 colour	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 colour	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 colour	case
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 colour	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 colour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the dream			colour			tree rules

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