Test 11 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

Max hears another kid say, "Mr Carter was well sound, he made Romans fun." ("Sound" means good, kind.) How might this help Max?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, kid, Mr, Sound · What happens: hear, say, be, make, mean · To what, where: sound, Romans fun · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 1 «When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief» of the reflection 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: Max hears another kid say, "Mr Carter was well sound, he made Romans fun."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hears	nsubj
2	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 kid	det
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hears	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sound	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sound	punct
8	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sound	nsubj
9	Carter	Carter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mr	flat
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sound	cop
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 sound	advmod
12	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 made	nsubj
15	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hears	parataxis
16	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 fun	compound
17	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 made	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	present	Max			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	infinitive	another kid			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	past	Mr	sound	well property	tree rules
4	make in a quote	past	Mr	Romans fun		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product

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: ("Sound" means good, kind.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sound	punct
3	Sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sound	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 good	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Sound					good property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: How might this help Max?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 How	aux
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 help	det
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 How	nsubj
5	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 help	appos
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 How	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It proves Max was the only one the teacher ever disliked

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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 teacher	det
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 proves	obl:unmarked
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 disliked	advmod
11	disliked	dislike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	prove	present	It	the teacher		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Max	the only one		tree rules
3	dislike	participle			ever	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It makes no difference, because memories never change how you feel

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 difference	det
4	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 change	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 change	mark
7	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 change	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 change	advmod
9	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	parataxis
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 feel	advmod
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 feel	nsubj
12	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 change	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present	It	no difference	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product
2	not change	present	memories		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	feel	present	you		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Happy memories from others can soften the stuck "boring" thought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 memories	amod
2	memories	memory	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 soften	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 others	case
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 memories	nmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 soften	aux
6	soften	soften	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stuck	det
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thought	nsubj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 boring	punct
10	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stuck	conj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 boring	punct
12	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 soften	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	soften	can	Happy memories from others						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	think speech: other	past	the stuck						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It means Max must forget Mr Carter as fast as he can

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	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 forget	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 forget	aux
5	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 forget	obj
7	Carter	Carter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Mr	flat
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 fast	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 forget	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 can	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 can	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 fast	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forget	must	Max	Mr				fast property	tree rules

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