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Test 2 · When someone dies: guilt, numbness and waves of grief

Theo's cousin snaps at him: "you don't even care, you're just stood there." What would have helped Theo more?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, you · What happens: snap, not care, be, help · To what, where: Theo · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: Theo's cousin snaps at him: "you don't even care, you're just stood there."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Theo	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snaps	nsubj
4	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snaps	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 care	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 care	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 care	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 care	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 care	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 care	advmod
13	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 snaps	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stood	punct
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 stood	nsubj
16	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 stood	cop
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 stood	advmod
18	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 care	conj
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 stood	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 snaps	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snap	present	Theo's cousin					at Theo	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not care in a quote	present · do-support	you						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is in a quote	present	you			there		stand property	tree rules

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 have helped Theo more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 helped	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 helped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 helped	aux
4	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Theo	Theo	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 helped	obj
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 Theo	amod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would · perfect		Theo					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Someone telling him to try harder to cry next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Someone	acl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 telling	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 try	mark
5	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 telling	xcomp
6	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 try	xcomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cry	mark
8	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 harder	xcomp
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cry	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	try not said to happen	to-infinitive						hard property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	cry speech: express	to-infinitive					time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Someone telling him that numb people never really loved

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Someone	acl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 telling	iobj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 loved	mark
5	numb	numb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 loved	nsubj:pass
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 loved	advmod
8	really	really	ADV	_	9 loved	advmod
9	loved	love	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 telling	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	not love	participle · passive		numb people					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 3

Someone leaving him alone and never mentioning Nan again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Someone	acl
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leaving	obj
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 leaving	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mentioning	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 mentioning	advmod
7	mentioning	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 leaving	conj
8	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mentioning	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 mentioning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	gerund		him = he				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	not mention speech: other	gerund		Nan			again		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nan=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Someone saying they didn't cry at their own dad's funeral either

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Someone	acl
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cry	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cry	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 cry	advmod
6	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 saying	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	12 funeral	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 dad	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dad	amod
10	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 funeral	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 dad	case
12	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cry	obl
13	either	either	CCONJ	_	6 cry	cc

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not cry speech: express	past · do-support	they			their own dad's funeral			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at funeral=Location

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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