Test 11 · Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics

Mum wipes her eyes at a report about a far-away war. Is it OK to ask her why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, it · What happens: wipe, be, ask · To what, where: eyes, report, Mum

This is test 11 of lesson 14 «Dad shouting at the TV: big feelings about politics» of the politics 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: Mum wipes her eyes at a report about a far-away war.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wipes	nsubj
2	wipes	wipe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wipes	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 report	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 report	det
7	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wipes	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	13 war	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 war	det
10	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 war	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 away	punct
12	away	away	ADV	_	10 far	advmod
13	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 report	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wipes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe	present	Mum	Mum's eyes		a report about a far war			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent eye=Theme at report=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.

Sentence 2: Is it OK to ask her why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 OK	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 OK	nsubj
3	OK	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 ask	mark
5	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 OK	csubj
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ask	iobj
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 ask	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 OK	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					ok property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			Mum				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

The options

Option 1

No, it is rude to ask a grown-up why they are sad, so you should leave the room

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 rude	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 ask	mark
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rude	csubj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 grown	det
9	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 grown	compound
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 sad	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sad	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sad	cop
15	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ask	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 leave	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 leave	advmod
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 leave	nsubj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 leave	aux
20	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rude	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 room	det
22	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	it		rude property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		a grown		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient
3	is	present	they		sad property	tree rules
4	leave	should	you	the room		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

Option 2

No, she is sad because of you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sad	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sad	cop
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 you	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she					because you; sad property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only after a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 week	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 week	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 week	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 week	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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

Yes, feeling sad for others is normal and asking is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 normal	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	feeling	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 normal	csubj
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feeling	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 feeling	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 normal	cop
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asking	cc
10	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 normal	conj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 normal	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund		for others; sad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	feeling	normal property	tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	feeling not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	feeling not said here	fine property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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