Test 8 · ★ · Israel and Gaza at school and online

A girl in Glasgow says: «Lina's greetin' her eyes out.» What would comfort Lina?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, comfort · To what, where: Lina · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 27 «Israel and Gaza at school and online» 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: A girl in Glasgow says: «Lina's greetin' her eyes out.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Glasgow	case
4	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 greetin	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 greetin	punct
8	Lina	Lina	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 greetin	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Lina	case
10	greetin	greetin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 greetin	punct
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 eyes	nmod:poss
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 greetin	conj
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 eyes	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 greetin	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 greetin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a girl in Glasgow						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 would comfort Lina?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 comfort	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 comfort	aux
3	comfort	comfort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Lina	Lina	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 comfort	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 comfort	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comfort	would		Lina					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer lina=Result

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Telling her to stop crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Telling	iobj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Telling	xcomp
5	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund	her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	cry speech: express	gerund		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Asking her about death numbers and who is to blame for them, so she can talk

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Asking	obj
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 numbers	case
4	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 numbers	compound
5	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Asking	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 blame	cc
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 blame	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 blame	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 blame	mark
10	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 blame	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 talk	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 talk	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 talk	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 talk	aux
17	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund		her = she	about death numbers	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient about number=Topic
2	is	present			for numbers = number; blame property	tree rules
3	talk	can	she			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Simple kindness, like «I'm sorry, I'm thinking of your family»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kindness	amod
2	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sorry	punct
4	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 sorry	mark
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 sorry	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 sorry	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sorry	cop
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kindness	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thinking	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 thinking	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thinking	aux
12	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 kindness	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 family	case
14	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 family	nmod:poss
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thinking	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 kindness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I					sorry property	tree rules
2	think speech: other in a quote	present · progressive	I					of your family	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Starting an argument about blame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 argument	det
3	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 blame	case
5	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 argument	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund		a argument				about blame	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality

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